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INTRODUCTORY. 

The  eyes  of  the  civilized  world  are  eagerly  turned 
toward  the  Klondyke  and  Alaska,  from  whence  come 
the  marvelous  tales  of  fabulous  wealth — ^wealth  far  be- 
yond the  wildest  dreams  of  the  most  visionary  pros- 
pector. Gold  by  the  ton!  Pound- weight  nuggets!  Such 
reports,  backed  up  by  the  actual  presence  of  heaps  of  the 
precious  metal,  are  indeed  enough  to  set  riot  the  imagi- 
nation, push  old  avarice  to  the  front,  and  excite  the  most 
Shle^^matic  of  mortals.  The  intoxicating  sensations  of 
igg]iog  the  yellow  nuggets  from  the  yielding  earth  is 
possibly  the  most  irresistible  temptation  that  weak  flesh 
IS  subjected  to. 

The  following  matter  has  been  carefully  arranged  and 
compiled  from  the  official  reports  and  statements  from 
miners  just  returned  from  the  gold  fields,  with  a  view  to 
furnish  all  the  necessary  information  in  condensed  and 
simple  form. 


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MINING  LAWS  OF  THE  KLONDYKE. 

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PRIVY  COUNCII^, 

CANADA. 

AT  THE  GOVERNMENT  HOUSE  AT  OTTAWA, 

FRIDAY,  THE  21sT  DAY  OF  MAY,  1897. 

Present — His  Excellency,  the  Governor-Cxeneral  in 
Council: 

Whereas,  it  is  found  necessary  and  expedient  that 
certain  amendments  and  additions  slxould  be  made  to 
the  regulations  governing  "  placer  mining,"  established 
by  order  of  Council  of  the  9th  November,  1889: 

Therefore,  His  Excellency,  in  virtue  of  the  provisidhs 
of  "the  Dominion  Lands  Act,"  Chapter  54  of  the  Re- 
vised Statutes  of  Canada,  and  by  and  with  the  advice  of 
the  Queen's  Privy  Council  for  Canada,  is  pleased,  to 
order  that  the  following  regfulations  shall  be,  and  ihe 
same  are  hereby,  substituted  for  the  governance  of 
placer  mining  along  the  Yukon  River  and  its  tribu- 
taries in  the  Northwest  Territories,  in  the  room,  place, 
and  stead  of  those  regulations  established  by  order  in 
Couacil  oi  the  9th  November,  1889.    (Signed) 

JOHN  J.  M  GEE, 
Clerk  of  the  Privy  Council. 

To  the  Honorable,  the  Minister  of  the  Interior. 


7.  by 
a,  D.  C. 


Renulations   Governing    Placer    Mining    Along    tlie 

\ukon  River  and  its  Tributaries  in  tlie 

Northwest    Territories. 

INTERPRETATION . 

"Bar  diggings"  shall  mean  any  part  of  a  river  over 
which  the  water  extends  when  the  water  is  in  its  flooded 
state,  and  which  is  not  covered  at  low  water. 


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"  Mines  on  benches  "  shall  be  known  as  bench  dig- 
gings, and  shall  for  the  purpose  of  defining  the  size  of 
such  claims  be  excepted  from  dry  diggings. 

**Dry  diggings"  shall  mean  any  mine  over  which  a 
river  never  extends. 

**  Miner  "  shall  mean  a  male  or  female  over  the  age 
of  eighteen,  but  not  under  that  age. 

"  Claims"  shall  mean  the  personal  right  of  property 
in  a  placer  mine  or  diggings  during  the  time  for  which 
the  grant  of  suclr  mine  or  diggings  is  made. 

"I^egal  post"  shall  mean  a  stake  standing  not  less 
than  four  feet  above  the  ground  and  squared  on  four  sides 
for  at  least  one  foot  from  the  top.  Both  sides  c.o  squared 
shall  measure  at  least  four  inches  across  the  face.  It 
i^hall  also  mean  any  stump  or  tree  cut  off  and  squared  or 
faced  to  the  above  height  and  size. 


"Close  season"  shall  mean  the  period  of  the  yeer 
during  ^hich  placer  mining  is  generally  suspendec. 
The  penod  to  be  fixed  by  the  Gold  Commissioner  in 
whose  district  the  claim  is  situated. 

"  Ivocality  "  shall  mean  the  territory  along  a  river 
(tributary  of  the  Yukon)  and  its  affluents. 

"Mineral"  shall  include  all  minerals  whatsoever 
other  than  coal. 


NATURE  AND  SIZU  OF  CI.AIM8. 


1. 


Bar  Diggings:  A  strip  of  land  100  feet  wide  at 
hi^h  water  mark  and  thence  extending  a!||^g  the  riv^ 
to  Its  lowest  water  level. 

2.  The  sides  of  a  claim  for  bar  digging  shall  be  two 
parallel  lines  run  as  nearly  as  possible  at  right  angles  to 
the  stream,  and  shall  be  marked  by  four  legal  posts,  one 
at  each  end  of  the  claim  at  or  about  high  water  mark, 
also  one  at  each  end  of  the  claim  at  or  about  the  edge  of 
the  water.  One  of  the  posts  at  high  water  mark  shall 
be  legibly  marked  with  the  name  of  the  miner,  and  the 
date  upon  which  the  claim  is  staked. 

3.  Dry  diggings  shall  be  100  feet  sauare,  and  shall 
have  placed  at  each  of  its  four  corners  a  legal  post,  upon 
one  of  which  shall  be  legibly  marked  the  name  of  the 
miner  and  the  date  upon  which  the  claim  was  staked. 

4.  Creek  and  river  claims  shall  be  600  feet  long, 
measured  iu  the  direction  of  the  general  course  of  the 

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stream,  and  shall  extend  in  width  from  base  to  base  of 
the  hill  or  bench  on  each  side,  but  when  the  hills  or 
benches  are  less  than  100  feet  apart,  the  claim  may  be 
100  feet  in  depth.  The  sides  of  a  claim  shall  be  two  par- 
allel lines  run  as  nearly  as  possible  at  right  angles  to 
the  stream.  The  sides  shall  be  marked  with  legal  posts 
at  or  about  the  edge  of  the  water  and  at  the  rear  boun- 
daries of  the  claim.  One  of  the  legal  posts  at  the  stream 
shall  be  legibly  marked  with  the  name  of  the  miner  and 
the  date  upon  which  the  claim  was  staked. 

5.  Bench  claims  shall  be  100  feet  square. 

6.  In  defining  the  size  of  claims  they  shall  be  meas- 
ured horizontally,  irrespective  of  inequalities  on  the 
surface  of  the  ground. 

^  7.  If  any  person  or  persons  shall  discover  a  new 
mine,  and  such  discovery  shall  be  established  to  the 
satisfaction  of  the  Gold  Commissioner,  a  claim  for  the 
bar  diggings  750  feet  in  length  may  be  granted.  A  new 
stratum  of  auriferous  earth  or  gravel,  situated  in  a 
locality  where  the  claims  are  abandoned,  shall  for  this 
purpose  be  deemed  a  new  mine,  although  the  same 
locality  shall  have  previously  been  worked  at  a  different 
level. 

8.  The  forms  of  application  for  a  grant  for  placer 
mining,  and  the  grant  of  the  same,  shall  be  those  con- 
tained in  forms  "  H  *'  and  "  I "  in  the  schedule  hereto. 

9.  A  claim  shall  be  recorded  with  the  Gold  Commis- 
sioner in  whose  district  it  is  situated  within  three  days 
after  the  location  thereof,  if  it  is  located  within  tsn 
miles  of  the  Commissioner's  office.  One  extra  day  shall 
be  allowed  for  making  such  record  for  every  additional 
ten  miles  and  fraction  thereof. 

10.  In  the  event  of  the  absence  of  the  Gold  Com- 
missioner from  his  office,  entry  for  a  claim  may  be 
granted  by  any  person  whom  he  may  appoint  to  per- 
form his  duties  in  his  absence. 

11.  Entry  shall  not  be  granted  for  a  claim  which 
has  not  been  staked  by  the  applicant  in  person  in  the 
manner  specified  in  these  regulations.  An  affidavit  that 
the  claim  was  staked  out  by  the  applicant  shall  be  em- 
bodied in  form  "  H  "  of  the  schedule  hereto. 

12.  An  entry  fee  of  $15  shall  be  charged  the  first 
year,  and  an  annual  fee  of  $100  for  each  of  the  follow- 

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ing  years.    This  provision  shall  apply  to  the  locations 
for  which  entries  have  already  been  granted. 

13.  After  the  recording  of  a  claim  removal  of  any 
post  bv  the  holder  thereof,  or  any  person  acting  in  his 
behalf)  for  the  purpose  of  changing  the  boundaries  of 
his  claim,  shall  act  as  a  forfeiture  of  the  claim. 

14.  The  entry  of  every  holder  for  a  ^rant  for  i)lacer 
mining  must  be  renewed  and  his  receipt  relin(][uished 
and  replaced  every  year,  the  entry  fee  being  paid  each 
year. 

16.  No  miner  shall  receive  a  grant  for  more  than 
one  mining  claim  in  the  same  locality;  but  the  same 
miner  may  hold  any  number  of  claims^^y  purchase,  and 
any  number  of  miners  may  unite  to  work  their  claims 
in  common  upon  such  terms  as  they  may  arrange,  pro- 
vided 81  h  agreement  be  registered  with  the  Gold  Com- 
missioner and  a  fee  of  $6  ^aid  for  each  registration. 

16.  Any  miner  or  miners  may  sell,  mortgage,  or 
dispose  of  his  or  their  claims,  provided  such  disposal 
be  registered  with,  and  a  fee  of  $2  paid  to,  the  Gold 
Commissioner,  who  shall  thereupon  give  the  assignee  a 
certificate  in  form  "  J '  in  the  schedule  hereto. 

17.  Every  miner  shall  during  the'  continuance  of 
his  grant  have  the  exclusive  right  of  entry  upon  his  own 
claim  for  the  miner-like  working  thereof,  and  the  con- 
struction of  a  residence  thereon,  and  shall  be  entitled 
exclusively  to  all  the  proceeds  realized  therefrom;  but 
he  shall  have  no  surface  rights  therein,  and  the  Gold 
Commissioner  may  grant  to  the  holders  of  adjacent 
claims  such  rights  of  entry  thereon  as  may  be  absolutely 
necessary  for  the  working  of  their  claims,  upon  such 
terms  as  may  to  him  seem  reasonable.  He  may  also 
grant  permits  to  miners  to  cut  timber  thereon  for  their 
own  use,  uijon  payment  of  the  dues  prescribed  by  the 
regulations  in  that  behalf. 

18.  Every  miner  shall  be  entitled  to  the  use  of  so 
much  of  the  water  naturally  flowing  through  or  past  his 
claim,  and  not  already  lawfully  appropriated,  as  shall  in 
the  opinion  of  the  Gold  Commissioner  ot  necessary  for 
the  due  working  thereof,  and  shall  be  entitled  to  drain 
his  own  claim  free  of  charge. 

19.  A  claim  shall  be  deemed  to  be  abandoned  and 
open  to  ^he  occupation  and  entry  by  any  person  when 

(8) 


. 


i  locations 

val  of  any 
ing  in  his 
ndaries  of 

• 

for  i>lacer 

inquished 

paid  each 

tnore  than 
the  same 
chase,  and 
eix  claims 
ange,  pre- 
sold Com- 
ition. 

^^gf^ge,  or 

1  disposal 

the  Gold 

assignee  a 

nuance  of 

)n  his  own 

I  the  con- 

e  entitled 

from;  but 

the  Gold 

adjacent 

ibsolutely 

pon  snch 

may  also 

for  their 

d  by  the 

use  of  so 
r  past  his 
3  shall  in 
ssary  for 
to  drain 

>ned  and 
3n  when 


the  same  shall  have  remained  unworked  on  working 
days  b7  the  grantee  thereof,  or  by  some  person  on  his 
behalf,  for  the  space  of  seventy-two  hours,  unless  sick- 
ness or  other  reasonable' cause  may  be  shown  to  the 
satisfaction  of  the  Gold  Commissioner,  or  unless  the 
grantee  is  absent  on  leave  given  by  the  Commissioner, 
and  the  Gold  Commissioner  upon  obtaining  evidence 
satisfactory  to  himself  that  this  provision  is  not  being 
complied  with  may  cancel  the  entry  given  for  a  claim. 

20.  If  the  land  upon  which  a  claim  has  been  located 
is  not  the  property  of  the  crown,  it  will  be  necessary  for 
the  person  who  applies  for  entry  to  furnish  proof  that  he 
has  acquired  from  the  owner  of  the  land  the  surface 
right  before  entry  can  be  granted. 

21.  If  the  occupier  of  the  lands  has  not  received  a 
patent  therefor,  the  purchase  money  of  the  surface 
rights  must  be  paid  to  the  crown,  and  a  patent  of  the 
surface  rights  will  issue  to  the  party  who  acquired  the 
mining  rights.  The  money  so  collected  will  either  be 
refunded  to  the  occupier  of  the  land  when  he  is  entitled 
to  a  patent  therefor,  or  will  be  credited  to  him  o^ 
account  of  payment  for  land. 

22.  When  the  party  obtaining  the  mining  rights 
cannot  make  an  arrangement  with  the  owner  thereof  for 
the  acquisition  of  the  surface  rights  it  shall  be  lawful 
for  him  to  give  notice  to  the  owner  or  his  agent,  or  the 
occupier,  to  appoint  an  arbitrator  to  act  with  another 
arbitrator  named  by  him  in  order  to  award  the  amount 
of  compensation  to  which  the  owner  or  occupant  shall 
be  entitled.  The  notice  mentioned  in  this  section  shall 
b?!  according  to  form  to  be  obtained  upon  application 
from  the  Gold  Commissioner  for  the  district  m  which 
the  lands  in  question  lie,  and  shall,  when  practicable,  be 
personally  served  on  such  owner  or  his  agents,  if  known, 
or  occupant;  and,  after  reasonable  efforts  have  been 
made  to  effect  personal  service  without  success,  then 
such  notice  shall  be  served  upon  the  owner  or  agent 
within  a  period  to  be  fixed  by  the  Gold  Commissioner 
before  the  expiration  of  the  time  limited  in  such  notice. 
If  the  proprietor  refuses  or  declines  to  appoint  an  arbi- 
trator, or  when,  for  any  other  reason,  no  arbitrator  is 
appointed  by  the  propriety,/  in  the  time  limited  there- 
for in  the  notice  provided  for  by  this  section,  the  Gold 

(9)     ^ 


Commissioner  for  the  district  in  which  the  lands  in  ques- 
tion lie  shall,  on  being  satisfied  by  afGldavit  that  such 
notice  has  com*  to  the  knowledge  of  such  owner,  agent, 
or  occupant,  or  that  such  owner,  agent,  or  occupant 
willfully  evades  the  service  of  such  notice,  or  cannot  be 
found,  and  that  reasonable  efforts  have  been  made  to 
eflfect  such  service,  and  that  the  notice  was  left  at  the 
last  {)lace  of  abode  of  such  owner,  agent,  or  occupant, 
appoint  an  arbitrator  on  his  behalf. 

23.  (a.)  All  arbitrators  appointed  under  the  authority 
of  these  regulations  shall  be  sworn  before  a  justice  of 
the  peace  to  the  impartial  discharge  of  the  duties 
assigned  to  them,  and  they  shall  forthwith  proceed  to 
estimate  the  reasonable  damages  which  the  owner  or 
occupant  of  such  lands,  according  to  their  several  inter- 
ests therein,  shall  sustain  by  reason  of  such  prospecting 
and  mining  operations. 

(b.)  In  estimating  such  damages  the  arbitrators 
shall  determine  the  value  of  the  land  irrespectively  of 
any  enhancement  thereof  from  the  existence  of  mineral 
therein. 

(c.)  In  case  such  arbitrators  cannot  agree  they  may 
select  a  third  arbitrator,  and  when  the  two  arbitrators 
cannot  agr^  upon  a  third  arbitrator  the  Gold  Commis- 
sioner for  the  district  in  which  the  lands  in  question  lie 
shall  select  such  third  arbitrator. 

(</,)  The  award  of  any  two  such  arbitrators  made  in 
writing  shall  be  final,  and  shall  be  filed  with  the  Gold 
Commissioner  for  the  district  in  which  the  lands  lie. 

If  any  cases  arise  for  which  no  provision  is  made  in 
these  regulations,  the  provisions  of  the  regulations  gov- 
erning the  disposal  of  mineral  lands,  other  than  coal 
lands,  approved  by  his  Excellency  the  Governor,  in 
Council,  on  the  9th  of  November,  1889,  shall  apply. 


Form 


No.. 


-Certificate   of  the   Assignment   of  a    Placer 
Mining  Claim. 


DEPARTMENT  OF  THE  INTERIOR. 

Agency ,  18 — . 

This  is  to  certify  that  (B.  C.)  has  (or  have)  filed  an 
assignment  in  due  form  dated ,  18 , . ,  and  accom- 
panied by  a  registration  fee  of  two  dollars,  of  the  grant 

(  10 ) 


■■■ 


nds  in  ques- 
t  that  such 
mer,  agent, 
r  occupant 
■  cannot  be 
in  made  to 
left  at  the 
occupant, 

e  authority 
justice  of 
fie  duties 
proceed  to 
•  owner  or 
veral inter- 
rospecting 

arbitrators 
ectively  of 
of  mineral 

they  may 
arbitrators 
I  Commis- 
lestion  lie 

s  made  in 
the  Gold 

ds  lie. 
made  in 

ions  gov- 

than  coal 

ernor,   in 

pply. 

a   Placer 


,18-. 
filed  an 
I  accom- 
le  grant 


to (A.  B.)  of of  the  right  to  mine  in 

[Insert  description  of  claim)  for  one  year  from , 

18... 

This  certificate  entitles  the  said  (B.  C.)  to  all  rights 

ind  priviliges  of  the  said  (A.  B.)  in  respect  of  the  claim 

issigned,  that  is  to  say,  the  exclusire  right  of  entry 

ipon  the  said  claim  for  the  minerlike  working  thereof 

land  the  construction  of  a  residence  thereon,  and  the 

(exclusive  right  to  all  proceeds  therefrom  for  the  remain- 

jing  portion  of  the  year  for  which  the  said  claim  was 

'anted  to  the  said  (A.  B.),  that  is  to  say,  until  the 

18... 

The  said  (B.  C.)  shall  be  entitled  to  the  use  of  so 

[much  of  the  water  naturally  flowing  through  or  past  his 

(or  their)  claim,  and  not  already  lawfully  appropriated, 

[as  shall  be  necessary  for  the  due  working  thereof  and 

to  drain  the  claim  free  of  charge. 

This  grant  does  not  convey  to  the  said  (B.  C.)  any 
surface  rights  in  said  claim,  or  any  rights  of  ownership 
in  the  soil  covered  by  the  said  claim,  and  the  said  grant 
shall  lapse  and  be  forfeited  unless  the  claim  is  continu- 
ally and  in  good  faith  worked  by  the  said  (B.  C.)  or  his 
(or  their)  associates. 

The  rights  hereby  granted  are  those  laid  4pwn  in  the 
Dominion  Mining  Regulations,  and  are  subject  to  all 
provisions  of  the  said  regulations,  whether  the  same  are 
expressed  herein  or  not. 


Gold  Commissioner. 

Form  "I" Grant  for  Placer  Claim. 

D]SPARTMENT    OF   THB   INTERIOR. 

Agency ,18. . 

In  consideration  of  the  payment  of  the  fee  pre- 
scribed by  Clause  12  of  the  Mining  Regulations  of  the 
Yukon  River  and  its  tributaries  by  (A.  B.)  accompany- 
ing his  (or  their)  application  No dated  

18 . . ,  for  a  mining  claim  in  (here  insert  description  of 
locality),  the  Minister  of  the  Interior  hereby  grants  to 
the  said  (A.  B.)  foj  the  term  of  one  year  from  the  date 
h-^reof  the  exclusive  right  of  entry  upon  the  claim  (here 
describe  in  det nil  the  claim) . 


(11) 


myrill 


Granted  for  the  miuer-like  working  thereof  and  the] 
construction  of  a  residence  thereon,  and  the  exclusive 
right  to  all  the  proceeds  derived  therefrom.  That  the! 
said  (A.  B.)  shall  be  entitled  to  the  use  of  so  muchl 
water  naturally  flowing  through  or  past  his  (or  their)? 
claim  and  not  already  lawfully  appropriated  as  shall  bej 
necessary  for  the  due  working  thereof,  and  to  drain  hisj 
(or  their)  claim,  free  of  charge.  | 

This  grant  does  not  convey  to  the  said  (A.  B.)  any 
surface  right  in  the  said  claim  or  any  right  of  ownership] 
in  the  soil  covered  by  the  staid  claim,  and  the  said -grant] 
shall  lapse  and  be  forfeited  unless  the  claim  is  continu- 
ously and  in  good  faith  worked  by  the  said  (A.  B.)  or! 
his  (or  their)  associates. 

The  rights  hereby  granted  are  those  laid  down  in  the ' 
aforesaid  mining  regulations  and  no  more,  and  are  sub- 
ject to  all  the  provisions  of  the  saia  regulations,  whether  | 
the  same  are  expressed  herein  or  not. 


Gold  Commissioner. 


THE  LION'S  SHARE. 


The  Dominion  Cabinet  Will  Reserve  All  Alternate 

Mining  Claims. 

Ottawa,  July  27th.— At  the  close  of  the  second 
sitting  of  the  Dominion  Cabinet  this  evening,  it  was 
announced  that  the  government  had  decided  to  impose 
a  royalty  on  al!  placer  diggings  on  the  Yukon  in  addi> 
tion  to  the  |X5  registration  fee  and  $100  annual  assess- 
ment. The  royalty  will  be  10  per  cent  on  claims  with 
an  output  of  |600  or  less  monthly  and  20  per  cent  on 
every  claim  yielding  above  that  amount  yearly. 

Besides  this  royalty,  it  has  been  decided  in  regard  to 
all  future  claims  staked  out  on  other  streams  or  rivers, 
that  every  alternate  claim  shall  be  the  property  of  the 
government  and  shall  be  reserved  for  public  purposes 
and  sold  or  worked  by  the  government  for  the  benefit  of 
the  revenue  of  the  Dominion. 

(12) 


ereof  and  the 
the  exclusive 
>m.  That  th 
!  of  so  much 
his  (or  their) 
ed  as  shall  be 
1  to  drain  his 

i  (A.  B.)  any 
of  ownership 
hesaid^rant 
31  is  continu- 
id  (A.  B.)  or 

i  down  in  the 
and  are  sub- 
ions,  whether 


Lmissioner. 


I  Alternate 


the  second 
ning,  it  was 
ed  to  impose 
kon  in  addi- 
inual  assess- 

claims  with 

per  cent  on 

rly. 

in  regard  to 

ns  or  rivers, 

jerty  of  the 

ic  purposes 
tie  benefit  of 


TENTS 


DUCK 


Canvas  and 
Waterproof  Bags 


— FOR— 


ALASKA 


MANUFACTURED 


Ames  &  Harris 

100  SACRAMENTO  ST. 


SAN  FRANCISCO 


ii^^i^iiH 


ttmmtftti 


■HliiMi 


fr^^ 


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BOUNDARY  LINE  BETWEEN  CANADA  AND  ALASKA. 

Professor  Davidson  Says  There  Cannot  Be  the 

Remotest  Possibility  of  Friction  Between 

the  Two  Governments. 


The  main  features   of  the   boundary  line  between: 
Alaska  and  Canada  are  the  irregular  line  extending  from  j 
the    head    of    Portland    Inlet   in  latitude  56  degrees, 
around  the  waters  of  the  great  archipelago  Alexander  at 
a  distance  not  greater  than  ten  marine  leagues  from  the 
Continental  shore  to  the  141st  meridian  west  of  Green- 
wich, and  the  straight  line  running   thence     to    the 
Arctic  Ocean  on  that  meridian.  Where  this  irregular  line  | 
meets  the  141st  meridian  rises  the  great  Mount  Saint 
Elias,  which  is  in  latitude  60  degrees  17  minutes  and  34.4 
seconds,  and  longitude  140  degrees,  55  minutes  and  19.6 
seconds.    This  peak  is  about  twenty-seven  statute  miles 
from  the  ocean  shore. 

From  a  point  on  the  141st  meridian  and  probably  in 
nearly  the  same  latitude  as  Mount  Saint  Elias,  the 
boundary  line  runs  true  north  to  Demarcation  Point  on 
the  Arctic  shores,  a  distance  of  660  statute  miles. 

In  this  great  distance  the  line  crosses  comparatively 
few  large  streams ;  at  100  miles  it  crosses  the  head  waters 
of  the  White  River,  a  tributary  of  the  Yukon,  flowing  to 
the  north  northwest ;  at  205  miles  an  unnamed  tributary 
of  the  White  River.  At  the  last  distance  on  the  boundary 
line  the  Yukon  river  lies  forty  miles  to  the  eastward  at  a 
well-known  bend  and  gorge  known  as  the  Upper  Ram- 
parts. The  river  continues  on  a  northerly  course  nearly 
parallel  with  the  boundary  line  for  seventy-five  miles  to 
old  Port  Reliance,  near  the  Klondyke,  and  thence  trends 
seventy-five  miles  to  the  northwest  by  north,  where  the 
boundary  line  crosses  it  at'  335  miles  from  Mount  Saint 
Ellas.  The  boundary  line  next  crosses  a  little-known 
river  called  the  Bi^  Black,  a  tributary  of  the  Ivower 
Porcupine,  at  445  miles ;  and  the  Porcupine  River,  one 
of  the  great  tributaries  of  the  Yukon,  at  510  miles  ;  this 
is  the  last  river  of  much  size  that  I't  crosses.  As  it  runs 
northward  it  crosses  the  upper  waters  of  the  Old  Crow 

(14) 


ID  ALASKA 

t  Be  the 
ween 


iue  between 
ending  from 
56  degrees, 
Alexander  at 
aes  from  the 
st  of  Green- 
ice  to  the 
rregular  line 
VIount  Saint 
itesand  34.4 
tea  and  19.6 
tatute  miles 

probably  in 
t  Julias,  the 
on  Point  on 
Lies. 

mparatively 
head  waters 
I,  flowing  to 
ed  tributary 
le  boundary 
istward  at  a 
rpper  Ram- 
•urse  nearly 
ive  miles  to 
ence  trends 
,  where  the 
:ount  Saint 
ttle-known 
the  lyower 
River,  one 
Miles;  this 
As  it  runs 
Old  Crow 


iver,  which  heads  in  Turner's  Pass  of  theDavidson  Range; 
rosses  this  great  range  at  595  miles,  where  the  elevation 
ras  estimated  by  Turner  to  be  7,000  feet ;  and  at  660 

lies  reaches  Demarcation  Point  on  the  Arctic  shore, 
bout  150  miles  west  northwest  from  the  delta  of  the 
lackenzie  River  in  Canada. 

This  boundary  line  traverses  an  almost  unknown 
ountry ;  it  passes  over  mountain  ranges,  reaching 
0,000  feet  elevation ;  and  the  country  is  utterly  irapass- 
ble  for  the  first  100  miles  north  of  the  Saint  BHas  Range. 

he  longest  stretches  of  reconnaissance  on  the  line  were 

ade  by  young  John  H.   Turner    of  the    Coast    and 

eodetic  Survey  from  Camp  Colonna  on  the  Porcupine, 

hich  is  sixty  miles  north  of  the  Arctic  circle.  With 
hree  aids  and    dog   teams    he    crossed    the    hitherto 

nknown  Davidson  Range  at  the  pass  named  after  him- 
elf  at  an  elevation  of  3,500  feet,  encountering  one 
lizzard  when  the  temperature  was  50  or  60  degrees  below 
ero.  His  second  trip  was  forty  miles  south  of  his  camp, 
oward  his  colleague,  John  E.  McGrath  at  Camp  David- 
on  on  the  Yukon.  He  thus  reconnoitred  200  miles  of 
he  boundary  line,  through  a  country  never  before 
raversed  by  a  white  man,  and  in  his  zeal  contracted  a 
hronic  disease,  which  carried  him  oflF  two;,  ^rs  after  his 
eturn  home. 
Where  the  Yukon  crosses  the  boundary  line  its  course, 

hich  is  northwest  by  north  from  Fort  Reliance,  con- 
inues  in  a  general  direction  to  tho  northwest  for  two 

undred  and  thirty-five  miles  to  the  deserted  Fort  Yukon 
t  the  mouth  of  the  Porcupine.     All  that  part  of  the 

ukon  River  to  the  eastward  of  the  141st  meridian,  and 
11  its  principal  tributaries, come  from  the  southeastward; 
he  principal  river  under  different  names  reaching  within 

few  miles  of  the  head  waters  of  the  Stahk-een.    The 

ead  waters  of  the  main  tributary,  the  Lewis  River,  reach 
nto  Alaskan  territory  at  the  White  Pass,  the  Chilcoot 

ass  and  the  Chilkaht  Pass,  just  north  of  lyynn  canal. 
The  geographical  position  of  Fort  Reliance,  an  old 
station  of  the  Hudson  Bay  Company,  on  the  right  bank 
of  the  river,  is  latitude  64  degrees  13  minutes,  longitude 
138  degrees  50  minutes,  or  fifty  statute  miles  east  of  the 
boundary  line  of  141  degrees.  The  stream  named  Klon- 
dyke  Creek  enters  the  Yukon  about  six  or  eight  miles 


(15) 


•■-T? 


mmsm 


higher  up  than  Fort  Reliance  and  on  the  same  aide  of 
the  river.  So  far  as  known  it  conies  from  the  east-north 
east  for  about  one  hundred  miles,  and  is  reported  nav- 
igable by  canoes  for  forty  or  fifty  miles  from  its  mouth 
Whatever  doubt  has  been  cast  upon  the  position  of 
the  whole  Klondyke  district  being  in  British  Columbia 
thust  have  arisen  from  misunderstanding  of  the  dispute 
existing  u{)on  the  proper  location  of  that  part  of  the 
boundary  line  lying  eastward  and  southward  of  Mount 
Saint  Elias.     The  north  or  meridian  line  of  the  bound 
ary  has  been  accurately  determined  at  three  points- 
near  Mount  Saint  Blias,  at  the  crossing  of  the  Yukon 
River  and  at  the  crossing  of  the  Porcupine  river.    Th 
determination  at  the  southern  end  was  made  in  1892  by 
John  E.  McGrath  and  John  H.  Turner  of  the  U.  S.  Coast 
Geodetic  Survey,  in  combination  with  a  Hydrographic 

f)arty,  which  carried  chronometers  for  the  difference  of 
ongitude  between  Sitka  and  Yakutat.  At  Sitka  was 
Fremont  Morse  of  the  Coast  Survey.  At  the  Yukon 
River  Mr.  McGrath  and  party  spent  two  years  at  Camp 
Davidson,  twenty-three  miles  below  Forty  Mile  Creek, 
observing  meridian  transits  of  the  moon  and  occultations 
of  stars  by  the  moon,  for  longitude.  His  observatory 
being  a  little  distance  off  the  141st  meridian  he  measured 
to  that  meridian  and  marked  it.  Mr.  Ogilvie,  on  behalf 
of  the  Canadian  Government,  also  observed  for  the  Ion 
gitude  at  another  and  independent  point,  and  then 
measured  to  the  141st  meridian. 

The  latest  information  places  the  two  independent 
determinations  of  this  mendianal  boundry  line  within 
the  width  of  a  San  Francisco  j>avement.    So  there  can 
not  be  the  remotest  possibili'     of  any^  friction  between 
the  two  Governments  upon  this  question.   We  know  the 
strong  and  high  character  of  Mr.  McGrath,  and  Mr 
Ogilvie  has  a  reputation  of  the  highest  character.    Th 
only  local  dispute  that  could  possmly  arise  would  be  ii 
the  Forty  Mile  creek  district,  because  the  boundsury  lin 
crosses  sharp  steep  mountain  ridges  2,500  and  3,000  fee 
elevation,  an  inferior  instrumental  means  might  cause 
slight  doubt  of  the  direction  in  some  case.    However,  n 
dispute  has  arisen  in.  the  district,  nor  is  it  likely  that  an 
will  occur.    There  is  no  doubt  that  the  lien  has  bee 
satii^actorily  laid  down  by  Mr.  Ogilvie  or  some  of  hi 
assistants. 

(16) 


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GEO.  W.  KNEASS 


BUILDER  OF  ALL  KINDS  OF 


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OATS  1^  LAUNCHES 

....BOTH   OF  WOOD  AND   IRON.... 

718  Third  STrE;t.T 

SAN   FRANCISCO 
YARD,  COR.  ILUNOit  AND   SOLANO  8T8..  POTRERO 


ukon  and  Klondyke  Boats 

FROM  18  TO  30  FEET  IN  LENGTH 

BUILT  ON  ONE  DAY'S  NOTICE 

CALL  AND  SEE  THEM  AND  GET  PRICES 


[Twenty  Boats  now  under  Construction 

Two  boats  for  Pond  Lathan  and  Fairbanks. 
The  following  having  boats  built :  Miller 
H.  B.  V^itcher,  J.  W.  I^ogan,  Lamb  &  Miller, 
Chas.  Beso  &  Co.,  Chas.  Prince,  C.  N.  Pring, 
J.  S.  Johnstone,  and  seven  more. 


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In  quitting  the  subject,  the  longitude  station  of  Mr. 

burner  mi&y  be  referred  to.    After  obtaining  a  series  of 

itisfactory  results  he  made  a  topographical  reconnais- 

|auce  of  the  Porcupine  to  its  mouth,  a  distance  of  one 

Lundred  and  forty  miles  as  the  crow  flies. 


SOURCE  OF  THE  GOLD. 

'he  Opinion  of  Professor  Charles  Frederick  Wright. 

Nbw  York.— Charles  Frederick  Wright,  Professor 

Oeology  at  Oberlin  College,  author  of  "Man  in  the 
rlacial  Pctiod,"  and  other  works  on  geology,  says  of  the 
jold  discovery  on  the  Yukon: 

"  The  discovery  of  gold  in  large  quantities  on  the 
Tukon  River  is  by  no  means  unexpected.  Kleven  years 
igo  the  last  word  I  heard  as  I  left  Juneau  was  the  pledge 

a  returning  tourist  to  meet  his  friend  the  next  sum- 
ler  and  prospect  in  the  Yukon  region. 

"The  great  mass  of  gold-bearing  quartz  at  the  Tread- 

rell  Mine,  near  Juneau,  Wci«  what  might  be  expected, 

md  at  the  same  time  it  might  prove  the  limitations  of 

^upply.    For  more  than  ten  years  that  mine  has  fur- 

lished  more  than  a  million  dollars  of  gold  annually,  but 

is  not  like  ordinary  quartz  mines.    It  is  rathci  a  great, 

Isolated  rnasi?  of  quartz  with  gold  disseminated  through 

\t.    While  its  worth  is  great,  its  length  is  limited. 

"Ivittle  is  known  about  the  geology  of  the  Yukon 
Liver,  whert^  the  Klondyke  mines  have  been  found. 
Jeing  placer  mtnes,  gold  may  have  been  transported 
lany  miles.  The  means  of  transportation  are  both 
jlaciers  and  rivers.  The  Klondyke  ,  region  is  on  the 
lorth  side  of  the  Saint  Elias  Alps.  Alaska  was  never  com- 
)letely  covered  with  glacial  ice.  The  glkciers  flowed 
)oth  north  and  south  from  these  summits.  Dawson  and 
'rofessor  Russell  both  report  well-defined  terminal 
loraines  across  the  upper  Yukon  Valley.  The  source 
)f  the  Klondyke  gold,  therefore,  is  from  the  south. 

"Placer  mines  originate  in  the  disintegration  of 
^old-beaving  quartz  veins,  or  mass,  like  that  at  Juneau. 
Tnder  subaerial  agencies  these  become  dissolved.    Then 


(17) 


he  glaciers  transport  material  as  far  as  they  go,  whei 
floods  of  water  carry  it  ou  still  further.  Gold,  beind^ 
heavier  than  the  other  materials  associated  with  itl 
lodged  in  the  crevasses  or  in  the  rough  places  at  bottot 
of  streams.  Nature  has  stamped  and  '  panned '  thd 
gravel,  and  prepared  the  way  for  man  to  finish  thi 
work.  The  amount  of  gold  found  in  the  placer  mines  i| 
evidence,  not  so  much,  perhaps,  of  a  very  rich  vein  as  oj 
the  disintegration  of  a  very  large  vein. 

♦'  The  '  mother  lode '  has  been  looked  for  in  vain  u 
California,  and,  perhaps,  will  be  in  Alaska;  but  it  exist 
somewhere  up  the  streams  on  which  placer  mii\es  arJ 
found.  The  discovery  of  gold  in  glacial  deposits  faj 
away  from  its  native  place  is  familiar  to  Americai 
geologists.  The  general  climatic  conditions  on  the 
north  side  of  the  mountains  are  much  better  than  those 
on  the  south  side.  On  the  south  side  the  snowfall  iii 
enormous,  bp*  on  the  north  side  the  air  is  dryer.,  Thera 
is  iminent  c  ^nger  that  many  will  get  in  there  before] 
winter  with  insufficient  means  and  starve. 

"An  English  missionary  and  his  wife  have  be«n 
that  general  region  for  many  years,   and   report  the 
people  as  being  so  near  the  verge  of  starvation  that  thej 
do  not  dare  to  winter  in  the  same  village,  lest  thej 
should  produce  a  famine.      So  they  live  in  separate 
villages  during  winter.    Eventually  the  reindeer  whicl 
Sheldon  Jackson  is  introducing  into  the  lower  Yukon! 
region  will  be  available  both  for  transportation  and| 
food,  being  much  superior  to  dogs  in  that  they  can  pre 
cure  their  own  food.    For  thfi  present  every  necessityl 
must  be  packed  either  over  the  Chilcoot  Pass  or  broughtj 
around  by.  way  of  the  Yukon." 


THE   OUTFIT   A   PROSPECTOR   NEEDS. 

Estimate  by  Thomas  Cook,  the  Veteran  Miner,  of  thelwei 
Food  and  Clothes  Required.  ll.Bl 

SUPPI^lKS. 

600  pounds  Flour $  12  5(1 

100        "        Oatmeal 6  ^ 

100        "        Beans 2  Sfi 

(18) 


^^7  gOf  wheij 
Gold,  beinj 
ated  with 
ices  at  bottoi 

panned ' 

to  finish  thJ 
lacer  mines  il 
rich  vein  as  o| 


i: 


for  in  vain  i 
but  it  exis 
cer  mikies  an^ 
depOtolts  fa: 

to  Americat 
tions  on  the 
ter  than  those 
le  snowfall  ii 
dryer.  Then 
1  there  before 

have  been  in 
id  report  the 
ition  that  they 
age,  lest  they 
'e  in  separate 
eindeer  which 

lower  Yukon 
portation  and 

they  can  prO' 
very  necessity] 
ass  or  brought 


24 

24 

100 

100 

50 

100 

25 

5 

5 

50 

30 

25 

20 

50 

2 


pounds  Coffee  at  30  cents $  7  20 

•'        Tea  at  50  cents 12  00 

Bacon  at  14  cents 14  00 

Dried  Potatoes  at  5  c^nts  .   5  00 

Dried  Veget&bles  at  5  cents 2  50 

Dried  Fruits  at  6  cents 6  00 

(2  cases)  Condensed  Milk 2  50 

Baking  Powder 2  ''O 

Salt  and  Pepper 1  00 

Canned  Butter  at  25  cents 12  50 

lyard  at  10  cents 3  00 

Rice  at  5  cents 1  25 

Tools 15  00 

Stove  and  Cooking  Utei3sili 10  00 

Matches  and  Miscellany 1  50 


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1,310  pounds. 


Total  supplies, 

OUTIflT. 


.$116  80 


4EEDS. 


Three  suits  woolen  underclothes $ 

Three  woolen  overshirts 

Two  pairs  overalls 

Six  pairs  woolen  stockings 

Two  pairs  blankets 

One  fox-skin  robe 

One  reindeer  "  parkee,"  covering  head  and  reach- 
ing to  the  knees t . . 

Three  Paris  caribou  mittens 

Two  fur  caps 

Two  pairs  rubber  boots 

Three  pairs  moccasins 

One  pair  "  mucklucks  *' 

One  woolen  '*  Mackinaw,"  a  sort  of  woolen 
sweater 

Two  sweaters  (extra  thick) 


12  00 

6  00 

2  00 

6  00 

16  00 

50  00 

12  00 
6  00 
8  00 


7 
9 
5 


00 
00 
00 


10  00 
8  00 


Miner,  of  thejweight  120  pounds.    Total  outfit $157  00 

1,310  pounds  of  supplies. ; 116  80 


.$  12  ofl 

.      6 

.      2  8£ 


Grand  total,  1,430  pounds $273  80 

Mr.  Cook  drew  attention  to  the  fact  that  the  miner 
should  follow  the  biblical  instruction  and  put  money  in 

(19) 


rr  it 


*- 


Mil  ii  «v!iu.i!iv.i|yJ.ii..)ii.w^!^pnfiMppntpMP|||ipi|pp 


his  purse.  Many  small  articles  will  be  needed  at  Dawsot 
City,  and  if  the  prospector  goes  by  way  of  Juneau  ther^ 
are  guides  to  pay  and  a  sled  and  dogs  to  hire.  Some  o| 
the  clothes  will  last  longer  than  a  year,  but  the  quantitj 
fit  for  service  at  the  end  of  that  time  will  be  ven 
limited. 


THE  OUTFIT  A  WOMAN  SHOULD  TAKE  NORTH. 

One  Who  Has  Roughed  It  in  the  Klondyke  Makes! 
Out  a  List  of  Necessary  Articles. 

Here  is  what  a  woman  who  has  roughed  it  on  the! 
Klondyke  says  a  woman  actually  needs  in  the  way  of  an! 
outfit — presupposing,  of  course,  that  she  goes  the  only! 
way  a  woman  should  go  with  a  man  who  takes  th«| 
necessary  camping,  housekeeping  and  food  outfit.  Thi{ 
is  what  she  requires  for  her  personal  comfort: 

TO  TAKK  WITH  HER. 

One  medicine  case  filled  on  the  advice  of  a  gooc 
physician. 

Two  pairs  of  extra  heavy  all-wool  blankets. 

One  small  pillow. 

One  fur  robe. 

One  warm  shawl. 

One  fur  coat,  easy  fitting. 

Three  warm,  woolen  dresses,  with  comfortable  bodices 
and  skirts  knee  length — flannel-lined  preferable. 

Three  pairs  of  knickers  or  bloomers  to  match  th^ 
dresses. 

Three  suits  of  heavy  all-wool  underwear. 

Three  warm  flannel  night-dresses. 

Four  pairs  of  knitted  woolen  stockings. 

One  pair  of  rubber  boots. 

Three  gingb  am  aprons  that  reach  from  neck  to  kneesJ 

Small  roll  of  flannel  for  insoles,  wrapping  the  feet,j 
and  bandages. 

A  sewing  kit. 

Such  toilet  articles  as  are  absolutely  necessary,  includ-| 
ing  some  skin  unguent  to  protect  the  face  from  the  icj 
cold. 

(20) 


■pj^!f"f"   I  iJ^.W.,-lJ^!i,»W! !".',;  %l 


Supply  of 

EDICINES 


UE  NORTH. 


Is  absolutely  essential  for  every  one 

joing  to  Alaska.     Besides  the  usual  remedies 

suitable    for   emergencies*,   there    are    none   so 

idapted  to  the  special  climatic  conditions    as 

[omceopathic  Medicines. 


^e  have  put  up  a  special 

**KLONDYKE  CASE" 


dth   full    directions,   containing    remedies    for 
ivery  possible  emergency  and  ailment. 

All  sorts  of  Pocket  Cases  and  Chests  in  every 
rariety  furnished,  with  books  of  instruction  en- 
ibling  every  one  to  doctor  himself. 


BOERICKE  &  RUNYON 
IHOMCEOPATHIC    PHARMACY 

231    SUTTER  ST..   8AN   FRANCISCO 


OLDEST    ESTABLISHMENT    ON    THE    PACIFIC    COAST 


mBmmeamm 


Two  light  blousers  or  shirtwaists  for  summer  wear. 
One  oilskin  blanket  to  wrap  her  efifects  in. 

TO  BH  Sl^CURlSD  AT  JUNljAU  OR  ST.   MICHAi^IyS. 

One  far  cap. 

Two  pairs  of  fur  gloves. 

Two  pairs  of  fur  seal  moccasins. 

Two  pairs  of  muclucs — wet  weather  moccasins. 

She  wears  what  she  pleases  en  route  to  Juneau  or  St. 
Michaels,  and  when  she  makes  her  start  for  the  dig- 
gings she  lays  aside  her  civilized  traveling  garb,  includ- 
ing shoes  and  stays,  until  she  comes  out.  Instead  of 
carrying  the  fur  robe,  fur  coat,  and  rubber  boots 
along,  she  can  get  them  on  entering  Alaska,  but  the 
experienced  ones  say  take  them  alone.  The  natives 
make  a  fur  coat  with  hood  attached  called  a  "parki," 
but*  it  is  clumsy  ^or  a  white  woman  to  wear  who  has  been 
accustomed  to  fitted  garments.  lyeggings  and  shoes  are 
not  so  safe  nor  desirable  as  the  moccasins. 

A  trunk  is  not  the  thing  to  transport  baggage  in.  It 
is  much  better  in  a  pack,  with  the  oilskin  cover  well 
tied  on. 

Th6  things  to  add  chat  are  useful,  but  not  absolutely 
necessary,  are  choice  tea,  coffee,  cocoa,  and  the  smaller, 
lighter  luxuries  of  civilization  that  purse  permits  and 
appetite  craves.  It  costs  just  as  much  for  portage  on 
reading  matter  as  on  the  other  necessities  of  life,  and 
consequently  after  making  out  a  list  of  what  you'd  like 
to  have,  it  is  wise  to  cut  it  down  to  what  you  can't  pos- 
sibly struggle  along  without. 

It's  astonishing  how  little  people  can  comfortably  get 
along  with  when  they  try. 


DISTANCES  OF  THE  LAND  AND  WATER  ROUTE. 

'  THU  OCIRAN  ROUTE.  mUcs. 

To  St.  Michaels 2,850 

To  Circle  City 4,350 

To  Forty-Mile 4,600 

To  Kloudyke 4,650 

(22) 


mer  wear, 
n. 


basins, 
uneau  or  St. 
for  the  dig- 
garb,  includ- 
Instead  of 
•ubber   boots 
iska,  but  the 
The  natives 


da  *'  parki,"    juneau  to  foot  cf  I^ake  Le  Barge. 


<vho  has  been 
lad  shoes  are 

ggage  in.     It 
in  cover  well 

lot  absolutely 
d  the  smaller, 
permits  and 
)r  portage  on 
s  of  life,  and 
at  you'd  like 
'ou  can't  pos- 

mfortably  get 


ER  ROUTE. 

MUes. 

. ....  2,850 

4,360 

.....  4,600 
4,650 


THE  OVERI.AND  ROUTB;. 

Miles. 

o  Juneau  (by  steamer) 1,680 

uneau  to  Chilkat 80 

uneau  to  Dyea 100 

uneau  to  head  of  navigation 106 

uneau  to  summit  of  Chilcoot  Pass 114.75 

uneau  to  head  of  I^ake  Linderman 123 .50 

uneau  to  foot  of  I/ake  I^inderman 127.50 

uneau  to  head  of  7  ^ke  Bennett 128 .  50 

uneau  to  foot  of  l^itish  I^ake 173.25 

uneau  to  head  of  Lake  Marsh 178 .  25 


Juneau  to  head  of  Canyon 

Juneau  to  head  of  White  Horse  Rapids. 

Juneau  to  Tahkeena  River 

Juneau  to  head  of  Lake  Le  Barge 


....  223 

....  225. 

....  240 

....  256 

....  284 

f uneau  to  Hootalinqua  River 316 

Juneau  to  Big  Salmon  River 349 

Juneau  to  Little  Salmon  River 385. 

Juneau  to  Five  Fingers  Rapids 444 

Juneau  to  Ri  ak  Rapids •  450 

Juneau  to  Peily  River ; . .  .  503. 

Juneau  to  Wnite  River 599, 

juneau  to  Stuart  River 609 

Juneau  to  Sixty-Mile  Post 629 

Juneau  to  Dawson  City 678 

Juneau  to  Forty-Mile  Post 728 

Juneau  to  Circle  City 898 

Forty  Mile  to  diggings  at  Miller  Creek 70 

Circle  City  to  dig^^ngs  at  Birch  Creek 50 

Klondyke  to  diggings 6 


25 


50 


50 
50 


Useful  Information  about  the  Klondyke  Published  in 
The  Daily  Examiner. 

The  first  discovery  of  gold  on  the  Klondyke  was  male 
in  the  middle  of  August,  1896,  by  George  Cormack. 

The  only  way  into  and  out  cf  the  Klondyke  in  winter 
is  by  way  of  Juneau. 

Th*  steamer  which  leaves  St.  Michael's  now  will 
reach  the  Klondyke  in  September. 

(23) 


The  only  way  to  live  !•  to  imitate  the  Indians  in  dres^ 
and  habit. 

It  is  useless  to  wear  leather  or  gum  boots.  Gooc 
moccasins  are  absolutely  necessary. 

The  colder  it  is  the  better  the  traveling.  When  it' is 
very  cold  there  is  no  wind,  and  the  wind  is  hard  tc 
bear. 

Indian  guides  are  necessary  to  go  ahead  of  the  dogs 
and  prepare  the  camp  for  night. 

In  the  summer  the  sun  rises  early  and  sets  late,  an( 
there  are  only  a  few  hours  when  it  is  not  shining  di-j 
rectly  on  Alaska. 

In  the  winter  the  sun  shines  for  a  short  time  onl^ 
each  day. 

It  is  2500  miles  from  San  Francisco  to  St.  Michaels,  | 

It  is  1895  miles  from  St.  Michael's  to  Dawson  City. 

In  summer  the  weather  is  warm,  and  tent  life  is  com- 
fortable. 

The  winter  lasts  nine  months. 

There  are  two  routes  by  which  to  reach  Dawson  CityJ 
one  by  St.  Michaels  Island  and  the  other  via  Juneau. 

By  steamer  it  costs  |150  to  go  from  here  to  Dawsoi 
City. 

Dogs  are  worth  their  weight  in  gold.  A  good  long-j 
haired  dog  sells  from  $150  to  $200. 

Skates  might  be  used  to  good  advantage  at  times. 

The  Yukon  River  is  closed  by  ice  from  November  tc 
the  latter  part  of  May. 

On  the  Elondyke  the  therm'.>meter  goes  as  low  as 
degrees  below  zero. 

There  is  a  great  variety  of  berries  to  be  found  alll 
through  the  country  in  summer. 

Game  is  very  scarce. 

Vegetables  of  the  hardier  sort  can  be  raised. 

Stock  can  be  kept  by  using  care  in  providing  abund-l 
autly  with  feed  by  ensilage,  or  curing  natural  grass  hayj 
and  by  housing  them  in  the  winter. 

In  summer  abundance  of  fine  grass  can  be  found  nearj 
the  rivers. 

In  appearance  the  natives  are  like  the  North  Ameri- 
can Indians,  only  more  lithe  and  active,  with  very  small 
feet  and  hands. 

They  live  in  temporary  camps  both  winrer  and  sum- 

(24) 


^^UMtflUki 


lort  time  onb 


ler,  either  in  the  mountains  or  on  the  river,  according 

the  habits  of  the  game  they  are  hunting. 

Gold  was  first  discovered  in  the  vicinity  of  Sitka  by 
^rank  Mahoney,  Edward  Doyle,  and  William  Dunlay, 

1873. 

Of  the  seven  trading  stations  in  the  Yukon  district, 
fve  are  located  upon  the  river  bank. 

The  first  American  traders  to  engage  in  the  Yukon 
rade  were  members  of  the  Western  Union  Telegraph 
expedition. 

With  the  first  breath  of  spring  the  up-river  people 
kepare  for  their  annual  meeting  with  their  friends  from 
(he  outside  world.  \ 

Supplies  are  purchased  chiefly  in  California,  and  car- 
Hed  from  here  to  St.  Michaels. 

The  Yukon  is  navigable  for  a  250-ton  steamer  for  a 
listance  of  1600  miles. 

At  a  distance  of  600  miles  from  the  ocean  the  Yukon 
Liver  is  more  than  a  mile  wide. 

The  Klondyke  mining  region  is  in  the  latitude  of  Ice- 
land and  lower  Greenland. 

The  longitude  of  St.  Michaels  is  farther  west  than 
that  of  Honolulu. 


THE   POOR   MAN'S  ROUTE. 


be  found  nearl 


ncer  and  sum- 


H.  Wittenberg,  manager  of  the  Portland  Cracker 
Company,  who  is  well  acquainted  with  Alaska,  said 
yesterday  that  the  poor  man's  route  to  the  mines  is  via 
Seattle. 

By  the  Alaska  Commercial  Company's  route  a  person 

fs  saved  much   bother,  Mr.  Wittenberg  said,  as   he  is 

taken  to  St.  Michaels  on  the  steamer  from  San  Fran- 

nsco,  and  is  then  carried  on  flat-bottomed  boats  on  the 

river  for  1900  miles  to  his  destination;  but  this  route  is 

lore  costly.    The  necessary  outfit  cannot  be  purchased 

mtil  Alaska  is  reached,  and  the  fare  is  more  than  a  per- 

[son  can  get  to  Alaska  for  on  the  other  route  via  Seattle, 

Juneau  and  Dyea.    The  journey  is  a  hard  one  on  the 

latter  route,  but  hundreds  of  dollars  can  be  saved  on  the 

[passage  and  the  outfit,  he  said.    On  this  route  at  least 

||500  is  needed  to  start  out  with. 


(26) 


As  to  clothing,  Mr.  Wittenberg  stated  that  gooc 
flannel  underwear  and  heavy  winter  clothing  are  all  thaj 
are  needed  to  keep  warm  in  Alaska,  even  when  the 
thermometer  is  75  degrees  below  zero.  Many  people  dc 
not  close  the  windows  of  their  rude  houses  when  the 
cold  is  most  severe.  Furs  are  not  necessary.  Rubbei 
boots  are  needed  only  when  washing  in  the  digging] 
The  summer  months,  when  the  thermometer  goes  uj 
to  85  degrees,  are  uncomfortable. 

In  summer,  the  sun  rises  early  and  sets  late,  anc 
there  are  only  a  few  hours  when  it  is  not  shining 
directly  on  Alaska.  During  these  hours,  which  are  one 
and  a  half  or  two  hours  on  each  side  of  midnight,  there 
is  twilight.  In  winter  the  conditions  as  to  light  anc 
darkness  are  reversed,  the  sun  shining  for  a  short  time| 
only  each  day. 

THE   STORY  OF  ONE  MINER. 


Great  Fai,i,s  (Mont.),  July  23d.— Frank  Moss,  at 
old-time  miner  in  this  section,  who,  four  years  ago,  was 
one  of  a  party  of  Americans  to  first  visit  the  Klondyk^ 
country,  returned  to-day,  and  tells  a  story  of  horror  anc 
starvation.  He  describes  Klondyke  as  a  placer  camp] 
seven  miles  long  and  thirteen  miles*  wide,  located  in 
sink,  walled  in  by  boulders  of  rock  3000  feet  high! 
Gold,  he  says,  abounds,  but  no  ordinary  man  can  stand  the 
hardships  of  the  region.  When  Moss  left  here  four  year^ 
ago  he  was  a  sturdy  fellow,  over  six  feet  tall.  Froi 
hardship  an  1  privation  he  is  a  cripple  for  life  and  badl] 
broken  m  health.  In  three  years  he  says  he  saw  ovex 
two  thousand  graves  made  in  the  Klondyke  basin, 
large  majority  dying  from  starvation. 

The  steamship  companies  bring  in  all  food  and  allow| 
no  private  companies.  Consequently  it  is  common  for 
them  to  go  for  weeks  with  but  a  scant  supply,  and  foi 
days  they  were  without  food.  The  gold  brought  in  the| 
last  week  to  Seattle,  Moss  says,  does  not  represent  the 
findings  of  individual  shippers,  but  a  large  portion  of  i^ 
was  confiscated  from  the  effects  of  the  2(X)0  miners  whc 
fell  a  prey  to  the  hardships.  At  the  death  of  a  man  pos^ 
sessed  of  dust  his  body  is  buried  without  a  coffin  and  the 

(26) 


rank  Moss,  at 
years  ago,  was 


lust  divided  among  those  who  care  for  him.     With 
[roper   relief    established   by   the   government,    Moss 

lys,  gold  can  be  taken  out  at  the  rate  of  $2,000,000  a 

lonth. 

The  richest  strike,  he  says,  has  been  made  by  a  boy 
iamed  George  Hornblower  of  Indianapolis.  In  the 
[eart  of  a  barren  waste,  known  as  Boulder  Field-,  he 

)und  a  nugget,  for  which  the  transportation  company 
[ave  him  |5700.   He  located  his  claim  at  the  find,  and  in 

)ur  months  had  taken  out  over  $100,000. 

The  richest  section  of  Alaska,  Moss  says,  is  as  yet 
Undeveloped.  It  is  one  hundred  miles  from  Klondyke, 
ind  is  known  as  the  Black  Hole  of  Calcutta.  It  is  in- 
labited  by  ex-convicts  of  Bohemia,  and  murders  and 
[lots  take  the  place  of  law  and  order.   A  few  months  ago 

[londyke  organized  a  justice  committee,  and  its  law 
)revails  there  now. 

With  the  crowds  preparing  to  go  to  the  scene  now.  Moss 
|ays,  hunger  and  suffering  will  be  great  when  added  to 
)ther  hardships  to  be  overcome  by  those  who  survive. 

[qss  returned  with  $6000  in  dust  and  leaves  to-morrow 
tor  his  old  home  at  Dubuque,  la. 


WARNED  NOT  TO  RUSH. 


Naw  York,  July  f^d.— Frederick  Hobart,  editor  o 
[he  Engineering  and  Mining  Journal^  said:  '*  It  would 
)e  extremely  foolish  for  any  one  to  start  from  New  York 
[or  Klondyke  at  this  season,  because  he  cannot  get  there 
[n  time  to  do  anything  this  year.  It  is  difficult,  too,  to 
yet  transportation.  The  Alaskan  lines  are  not  prepared 
to  carry  many  passengers.  It  is  easy  enough  to  engage 
steamers  and  get  to  the  coast,  but  the  difficulty  is  to  get 
from  the  coast  inland.  Much  of  the  last  portion  of  the 
journey  must  be  made  on  foot.  If  you  go  by  the  Juneau 
route  it  is  necessary  to  walk  over  the  mountains  and 
then  build  a  boat.  The  Yukon  River  is  only  navigable 
luring  three  months  of  the  year.  It  would  be  well  for 
Ithose  who  do  not  know  the  country  to  learn  more  about 
\i  before  starting  for  the  gold  fields." 

I^.  Allen,  associate  editor  of  the  Engineering  Maga- 
nne^  said:    "Naturally  I  have  given  a  good  deal  of 

(27) 


attention  to  reports  from  the  new  gold  fields.  I  havd 
no  doubt  there  is  a  lot  of  gold  there.  I  know  of  verj 
few  men  who  are  preparing  to  leave  this  city  for  the  ^olc 
fields.  It  would  be  folly  for  them  to  do  so  at  this  time] 
anyway,  as  it  is  too  latt  to  accomplish  anything  thi^ 
year.' 


»i 


SOMETHING  NEW. 

The  Steamers   Do  Not   Go  Within  Three    iHiies   oi 

St.  Miohaeis. 

The  first-class  passengers  going  on  the  Cleveland 
are  charged  |7.50  and  the  second-class  passengers  are 
charged  $4  to  Seattle.  Nearly  all  berths  are  taken. 
When  the  Cleveland  and  the' Excelsior,  too,  for  that 
matter,  eventually  reach  the  mouth  of  the  Yukon,  she 
must  cast  anchor  at  least  three  miles  from  St.  Michaels, 
owing  to  the  shallow  water  and  rocky  coast.  All  passen- 
gers and  supplies  must  be  placed  on  lighters  and  towed 
to  St.  Michaels,  if  the  river  boats  are  not  in  waiting 
when  the  steamers  arrive.  If  the  river  boats  are  at  St. 
Michaels  upon  the  arrival  of  the  steamers,  they  will  meet 
the  lai  Jtc^  vessels,  and  the  transfer  will  be  made  without 
th^  -iiAC  <y['  lighters.  This  is  another  of  the  many  hard- 
ships thAt  must  be  borne  by  all  who  go  to  the  frigid 
noich  i  a  search  of  gold. 


FREAKIiSH   DIGGINGS. 


I  I 


The  Gold  Is  Low  Grade  and   It  Varies  in  Value  a 

Good  Deal. 


Here's  something  a  little  peculiar.  Nuggets  and 
dust  from  one  gold  patch  in  the  Klondyke  are  worth 
considerable  more  than  the  gold  from  another  patch. 
Some  Klondyke  gold  is  better  than  other  Klondyke 
gold — though  it's  all  good,  like  the  whisky  in  the  story. 

(28) 


astiftian  Gaife  Go. 

Assayers  Materials  and  Ctiemicals 
Prospectors  and  Miners  Outfits 


X 


jMINERS  SCALES,  PANS* 

MAGNIFIERS,  MAGNETS, 

PROSPECTORS  PICKS,  ETC. 

CATALOQUES  SENT  ON  APPLICATION 


X. 


521-523  Market 

SAN  FRANCISCO 


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'  1  i  •  ■ 


Bonanza  Creek  ^uld  is  worth  a  great  deal  more  by  the 
ton  than  Kl  Dorado  Creek  gold,  and  the  nuggets  from 
Hunker  Creek  are  of  better  stuff  than  those  from  Kl 
Dorado  Creek.  Even  on  El  Dorado  Creek,  which  is 
about  three  miles  long,  there  is  a  difference  of  a  dollar 
an  ounce  or  so  between  the  gold  from  the  mouth  of  the 
creek  and  the  gold  from  the  head  of  the  gulch.  Bo- 
nanza Creek  gold  is  worth  about  j^l7  an  ounce,  as  it  comes  j 
from  the  mines  with  the  dirt  that  is  left  in  it.  El  Do- 
rado gold  is  worth  from  $14.75  to  $16. 

These  variations  are  due,  of  course,  to  the  varying! 
proportions  of  silver  in  the  gold.    The  miners  up  there 
do  not  know  all  this  yet.     It  has  been  revealed  in  the  j 
course  of  the  assays  at  the  Selby  Smelting  Works,  toj 
which  most  of  the  gold  has  come.  * 

The  Selby  Smelting  Company,  by  the  way,  has  re- 
ceived already  about  ^750,000  worth  of  the  Klondyke 
gold,  and  it  will  go  thence  to  the  Mint  here.    About  j 
$250,000  worth  has  been  sent  from  Seattle  to  the  Gov- 
ernment assay  office  at  Helena,  Mont.,  from  where  it 
will  go  to  the  Philadelphia  Mint.    The  Selby  Smelting  j 
Works  received  about  $500,000  worth  of  gold  from  those  1 
who  came  on  the  Excelsior.    This  accounts  for  $1 ,000,000  j 
of  the  Klondyke  gold,  and  considerable  has  not  yet  beeti 
marketed. 

There  has  beer,  a  good  deal  of  discussion  about  the 
value  of  the  Klondyke  gold,  and  report  has  been  made 
that  more  was  paid  for  it  in  Seattle  than  heie.  What 
was  bought  there  was  bought  without  assaying,  the 
quantil/  was  small,  and  such  transactions  settle  no 
values.  The  miners  who  have  returned  are  generally 
disappointed  at  not  gettin|f  uniformly  at  leasl  $17  an 
ounce,  and  some  are  waiting  for  the  Mint  to  reopen 
August  1st.  Secretary  Uuderhill  of  the  Selby  Smelting 
Company  states  what  is  rot  generally  known — that  they 
pay  just  as  much  for  unreined  gold  as  does  the  Mint, 
although  they  are  running  i\  business  enterprise,  and 
explains  how  this  is.  Mr.  U.iderhill  made  the  follow- 
ing interesting  report  on  the  Jilondyke  gold  in  an  inter- 
view yesterday: 

"  We  have  received  about  $750,000  worth  of  the  gold. 
It  has  come  mainly  from  Bonanza  and  dl  Dorado  Creeks. 
Bonanza  Creek  gold  is  worth  about  $i7  an  ounce,  and 

(30) 


I  more  by  the 
luggets  from 
ose  from  El 
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;  of  a  dollar 
nouth  of  the  I 
gulch.  Bo- 
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I  it.    El  Do- 

the  varying 
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'ealed  in  the 
g  Works,  to 

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lere.    About 
to  the  Gov- 
>m  where  it 
by  Smelting  j 
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or  $1,000,0001 
not  yet  been 

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jsaying,  the 
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by  Smelting 
1 — that  they 
!s  the  Mint, 
srprise,  and 
the  follow- 
in  an  inter- 


that  seej  18  to  have  governed  the  price  up  there  in  trad- 
ing. Tl  le  gold  from  El  Dorado  Creek  varies  from  |14.75 
to  abou'  $16,  the  most  valuable  coming,  it  seems,  from 
the  upperportions  of  the  creek,  three  miles  above  the 
mouth.  That  reported  to  come  from  the  lower  part  is 
about  750  fine,  carrying  about  one-fourth  silver. 

"  Bonanza  Creek  dust  is  better  and  is  about  like  some 
of  the  lower  grade  California  dust.  The  bulk  of  the 
California  gold  coming  from  the  regions  of  the  mother 
lode  and  the  northern  part  of  the  State  runs  from  $17.50 
to  $19  an  ounce,  bearing  from  one-tenth  to  one-eighth 
silver.    Any  quantity  of  it  runs  $18  and  $18.50  an  ounce. 

' '  In  Kern  and  Fresno  Counties  and  some  other  sec- 
tions of  the  State,  the  silver  brings  it  down  to  $12  or  $13 
an  ounce.  The  best  Bonanza  Creek  dust  brought  in  to 
us  is  worth  as  it  is  $17  an  ounce.  Heie  is  a  sample 
statement  of  a  deposit  of  Klondyke  gold:  Net  value, 
fl5.50  per  ounce;  weight  before  melting,  2015.70  ounces; 
weight  after  melting,  1960.70  ounces;  finenes.^  767^; 
value  of  gold,  $31,107.68;  value  of  silver,  $258.22; 
charges,  $120.75;  net  value,  $31,240.15. 

•*  It  is  the  popular  idea  that  we  buj'  gold.  We  buy 
nothing.  We  pay  the  actual  value  of  the  bar  less  the 
regular  charges  of  6  cents  an  ounce  for  refining  and  the 
alloy  charge  of  .01  of  1  per  cent,  or  $1  on  $10,000. 
These  are  the  same  as  the  Mint  charges  on  unrefined 
goldc  When  gold  is  deposited  with  us  we  receive  it, 
melt  ft  into  a  bar,  chip  from  the  bar  and  assay.  W<j 
thus  determine  the  actual  value  of  the  bar,  and  payment 
is  made  within  twenty-four  hours, 

"  When  gold  is  taken  to  the  Mint  it  is  melted,  assayed 
and  paid  for  that  way.  The  gold  is  sent  to  the  refiner 
and  tliS  Mint  charge  of  6  cents  an  ounce  Js  made  to  pay 
f'.r  the  refining.  The  alloy  charge  pays  for  the  copper 
alloy  for  coinage.  We  rftfine  the  gold  and  our  gold  goes 
direct  to  th .:  coiner,  with  only  the  alloy  charge  against 
it.  Our  profit  is  what  we  save  out  of  the  refining  charge 
of  6  cents  an  ounce. 

"The  idea  that  the  gold  could  bring  more  elsewhere 
thuu  in  San  Franc?sco  is  absurd.  I  understand  that  one 
or  two  Seattle  houses  bought  some  gold  without  assay- 
ing at  a  little  higher  prfce  than  we  paid,  but  unless  they 
got  the  best  gold  from  Bonanza  Creek  they  will  lose 
on  it" 

(31) 


MA 


Those  who  can't  get  to  Bl  Dorado  Creek  may  console 
themselves  with  the  knowledge  that  it  is  low-grade  stufi 
anyway. 

Some  Extracts  from  Letters  Written   by  Mr.  Edgar 
Mizner  to  Friends  in  tliis  City  Wliile  on  His 
Perilous  Journey  to  tlie  Kiondylce 
Vi&  Juneau. 

HARDSHIPS  AND   P^Rlt  ^  -    '  fil/. 

From  a  camp  on  the  ice  of  I^ake  Bennett  he  wrote, 
on  May  6th ,  to  a  member  of  The  Examiner  staff: 

"It  is  nearly  two  months  since  I  left  you  at  Sacra- 
mento, and  if  I  haven't  forgotten  you  altogether,  it  is  not 
the  fault  of  the  trip,  for  surely  it  is  the  devil's  own. 
The  man  who  wants  the  Yukon  gold  should  know  what 
he  is  giong  to  tackle  before  he  starts.  If  there  is  an 
easy  part  of  the  trip  I  haven't  struck  it  yet. 

**  Eight  of  us  made  the  trip  from  Juneau  to  Dyea,  lOO 
miles,  on  the  little  steam  launch  *  Alert.'  The  steamer 
*  Mexico '  reached  Dyea  the  same  morning  [with  423 
men.  As  she  drew  so  much  water  she  had  to  stay  about 
three  miles  off  shore  and  land  her  passen  ■  ^^  md 
freight  as  best  she  might,  in  more  or  less  ir  ic?;  fble 
places  on  the  rocky  shores.  Then  up  came  tb '  i\  n  <;: t;^ -♦wo 
foot  tide,  and  many  poor  fellows  saw  tLcir  e  t;  -■  <  utiJ'tS 
swept  into  the  sea.    The  tide  runs  there  like  Func     "S'-e, 

**  At  Dyea  there  were  but  two  houses — a  store,  fc»i-j,  of 
course,  a  saloon.  So  when  we  landed  on  the  beach  and 
got  out  upon  the  snow  and  ice  we  had  to  '  rustle '  for 
ourselves.  We  have  kept  on  '  rustling '  for  ourselves 
from  that  on.  We  camped  the  first  night  at  Dyea.  It 
is  a  most  enjoyable  thing,  this  making  camp  in  the 
snow.  First  you  must  shovel  down  from  three  to  six 
feet  to  find  a  solid  crust.  Then  you  must  > 
snow  up  to  your  neck  to  find  branches  v  . 
make  a  bed;  and  then  comes  the  hunt  for  a  ' 
fire  wood.  Dinner  is  cooke:!  on  a  small 
stove. 

"  Well,  next  mornitig  v^s  ^  veiled  for  Dyea  Canyon,  ten 
miles  off,  and  did  f.a'  fiim    '  d-pulling.     The  little 


oat  in  tbe 
wh^^h  to 

;  i.rtc  for 
saeet-iron 


(S2) 


J 


Jostna  Bendy  MacMne  Works 


[INOORF>ORA.TEJID] 


-f 


Works,  Corners  BAY,  K::ARNY  and  FRANCISCO  STS. 
Principal'Oflice,  No.  42  FREMONT  STREET 

SAN    FRANCISCO,   CAL. 


Manufacturers  of  and  Dealers  in 


Boilers,  Eflpes,  Fnis  an^i  MacliiDiiry 


OF  EVERY  DESCRIPTION 


LIGHT   AND   HEAVY  CASTINGS 


-SPBCIAI^TIES  OF- 


IY7>RAUI,IC  MINING,  QUARTZ  AND  SAWMII.I,  MACHIN- 
BRY,  HYDRAU^.i.  GRAVIJI,  ;jI,KVATORS,  HYDRA UI^IC 
GIANTS,  "CKA.  ^  JCH"  OK'^  FEEDERS,  "TRIUMPH" 
AND  "  HFNDY-NORBCM  "  OR'i  CONCENTRATORS. 


Agents  for  the  sale  of  "Bates  Corliss"  Engines, 
["Russell"  Automatic  Engines,  "Excelsior"  Boilers  and 
Ingines,  "Erie  Engine  Works"  Boilers  and  Engines, 
Jand-Saw  Mills,  Rotary  and  Centrifugal  Pumps, 
Juffalo  Duplex  Steam  Pumps,  "Reeves"  Wood  Split 
:'ulleys,  Machinists'  Tools  of  all  styles  for  all  work. 


Catalogues  and  Prices  rurnished  Upon  Application 


•  pOlS 


pamphlets  worked  off  by  the  enterprising  merchants  of  I 
Juneieiu  will  tell  you  that  you  ca*i  pull  from  600  to  800 1 
pounds.    That  is  just  a  plain  lie.    I  had  on  300  pounds] 
and  nearly  worked  myself  to  death.    If  you  want  to  get] 
an  idea  of  what  sled-pulling  is  like,  just  get  a  large  toj 
express  wagon,  take  it  out  to  the  Cliff  House,  load  it 
with  300  pounds  of  rocks  and  pull  it  about  t«^r  miles 
along  the  edge  of  the  surf  in  about  eight  inches  of] 
water;  or,  better  still,  get  a  job  of  pulling  that  old  Bush- 
street  car  up  and  down  the  ramshackle  track  twice 
a  day." 

DOGS  HAV«  SOME  DRAWBACKS. 

"  There  are  many  hundred  dogs  on  the  trail,  and  it  is 
remarkable  now  much  even  a  scrub  dog  will  pull.  Butj 
they  are  a  great  nuisance,  and,  in  the  end,  I  think  thej 
eat  as  much  as  they  pull.  Many  of  the  teams  are  odd  in  j 
make-up.  There  will  be  a  little  dog  and  a  big  man; 
two  dogs  and  a  man;  two  men  and  a  dog;  big  dogs  and] 
little  dogs;  everything  from  an  Kskimo  to  a  greyhound,] 
or  even  a  poodle — all  pulling  for  all  they  know  how,  orj 
being  beaten  for  not  doing  so,  until  the  yelping  and] 
howling  of  dogs  and  the  cursing  of  men  is  heard  all] 
alo^g  the  lint  of  march. 

*' Always  keep  an  eye  on  the  'grub,'  especially  the] 
bacon;  for  the  dogs  are  like  so  many  ravening  wolves,} 
and  it  is  not  considered  just  the  proper  thing  to  be  left] 
without  anything  to  eat  in  this  frost-bitten  land.  At] 
night  it  is  necessary  to  tie  the  sacks  of  bacon  in  the] 
trees  or  build  high  trestles  for  them. 

"  But  to  the  trip.  The  second  day  we  went  up  Dyeil 
Canyon.  It  is  only  three  miles  long,  but  seems  full! 
thirty.  This  is  true  of  all  distances  in  this  countryj 
About  one  hundred  pounds  is  about  all  a  man  wants  to] 
pull  up  this  canyon,  as  the  way  is  steep  and  the  ice  slip-j 
pery.  So  camps  must  be  made  short  distances  apart,  asi 
you  have  to  go  over  the  trail  several  tiires  in  bringing] 
up  your  out^  Remember,  an  ordinary  outfit  weigb] 
from  500  to  8uo  pounds,  and  some  of  them  much  more.f 

"  But  the  summit  of  Chilcoot  Pass!  That's  the  ;>i»mj 
that  puts  the  yellow  fear  into  many  a  man's  heart.  Some] 
took  one  look  at  it,  sold  their  outfits  for  what  they  would] 
bring,  and  turned  back.    This  pass  is  over  the  ridj 

(34) 


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Iirliich  skirts  the  coast.  It  is  only  about  1200  feet  from 
base  to  top,  but  it  is  almost  straight  up  and  down — a 
sheer  steep  of  snow  and  ice." 

DANG:eRS    OF    CHII,COOT  PASS* 

"  There  is  a  blizzard  blowing  there  most  of  the  time, 
and  when  it  is  at  its  height  no  man  may  cross.  For  days 
at  a  time  the  summit  is  impassable.  An  enterprising 
man  named  Bums  has  rigged  a  windlass  and  a  cable 
there,  and  with  this  he  hoists  up  some  freight  p.t  a  cent  a 
pound.    The  rest  is  ported  over  on  the  backs  of  Indians. 

*'  We  were  detained  ten  days  awaiting  our  turn  to 
have  our  outfits  carried  over  and  for  favoring  weather. 
The  miserable  roosting  place  was  called  '  Sheep  Camp,' 
so  called,  I  think,  because  no  animal  except  one  with  a 
brain  like  a  sheep  would  ever  consent  to  be  seen  there. 
The  wind  howled  continually  and  the  snow  fell  most  of 
the  time,  and  we  had  to  use  much  force  in  persuading 
our  tent  to  stay  with  us. 

"But  at  last  came  a  fair  day,  and  with  the  aid  of 
twelve  Indians  we  lugged  our  outfit  to  the  summit.  We 
began  work  at  five  in  the  morning  and  had  everything 
on  top  by  noon.  In  this  we  were  very  lucky,  as  :  jany 
have  been  many  days  doing  the  same  thing. 

•*  Once  on  top  we  had  before  us  a  down-shoot  of  a 
quarter  of  a  mile  at  an  angle  of  say  forty-five  degrees. 
All  we  had  to  do  was  to  pack  everything  on  the  two 
sleds,  turn  them  loose,  and  put  our  trust  in  the  Lord. 
An  instant  of  fiying  snow,  and  our  sleds  shot  out  on  the 
frozen  surface  of  Crater  Lake.  Others  were  not  so  for- 
tunate. Many  sleds  upset  or  ran  oflF  the  track,  and  were 
buried  many  feet  deep  in  the  snow. 

'*  On  Crater  Lake  we  loaded  just  our  camp  outfit  on 
one  sled  and  *  cached '  the  other  with  the  rest  of  our 
equipage.  We  then  started,  double  team,  down  the  fif- 
teen miles  to  Lake  Linderman  and  the  timber  line 
While  this  was  mostly  down  grade  w.e  found  many  up- 
hill pulls;  so  it  was  after  dark  before  we  made  camp  on 
the  edge  of  the  lake,  and  you  never  saw  two  more  tired 
or  more  broken  down  adventurers  in  all  your  life.  You 
who  sit  in  the  club  behind  clinking  glasses  have  no  idea 
what  the  word  *  tired '  means. 

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after  our  cached  sled.    Daylight 
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I^OST  IN  A  SNt>WSTORM. 

"After  going  about  three  miles  up  a  dark  canyon,  a 
whirling  snowstorm  struck  us.  But  having  risen  at  such 
an  unconscionable  hour  we  would  not  turn  back.  Our 
pride  was  near  the  end  of  us.  I  hope  I  may  never  ex- 
perience such  another  day.  The  air  was  so  filled  with 
snow  that  at  times  it  was  impossible  to  see  ten  feet.  It 
was  all  we  could  do  to  keep  our  feet  against  the  wind 
which  howled  down  the  mountain.  My  beard  became  a 
mass  of  ice.  The  trail  was  soon  obliterated  and  we  were 
lost.  But  we  stumbled  on  and  by  a  rare  chance  we  came 
upon  the  handle  of  a  shovel  which  marked  our  cache. 

"  There  was  nothing  to  do  but  fight  our  way  back  to 
camp.  The  storm  did  not  abate  in  the  slightest.  In  fact, 
it  raged  for  four  long  days.  It  was  nearly  dark  when, 
with  knocking  knees,  we  got  back  to  camp — more  dead 
than  alive.  The  next  day  ten  men  made  up  a  party  to  go 
on  the  same  trip,  going  back  for  their  outfits.  The  day 
after  that  they  were  found  huddled  in  a  hole  dug  in  a 
drift,  eating  raw  bacon. 

"After  another  day  of  rest  we  put  masts  on  our  sleds, 
rigged  sails  and  came  across  Lake  lyinderman  and  over 
Lmderman  portage.  We  are  now  camped  on  the  head  of 
Lake  Bennett.  Now,  let  me  say,  by  way  of  parenthesis, 
that  no  one  who  has  not  the  constitution  of  a  horse 
should  ever  attempt  this  trip.  It  is  enough  to  turn  hair 
white.  Many  have  turned  back.  It  is  only  for  stout 
hearts  and  strong  frames. 

'•  Here  on  Lake  Bennett  we  have  camped  for  the  past 
two  weeks.  Camped  about  us  are  at  least  a  hundred 
men,  whip-sawing  lumber  and  building  their  boats.  With 
some  help  we  have  completed  our  boat.  It  is  22  feet 
long  on  the  bottom  and  30  feet  over  all,  24  inches  beam 
on  the  bottom  and  5  feet  6  inches  extreme  beam.  Sbe 
was  built  from  my  own  model,  and  is  a  beauty. 

"  To-morrow  morning  we  will  put  our  boat  on  the  two 
sleds,  load  our  entire  outfit  in  her,  hoist  sail  and  skim 

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down  the  lakes  as  far  as  the  ice  will  hold.  When  the  ice 
becomes  too  dangerous  for  travel  we  will  camp  and  wait 
for  it  to  break  up  and  clear  from  the  lakes.  Then  we 
will  take  to  the  boat  and  sail  on." 


A  I,ITTX^  BUSINESS-I<1KB  JUSTICE. 

*'  It  is  still  a  little  over  500  miles  from  here  to  Klon- 
dyke.  Fully  1500  men  have  landed  at  Dyea.  They  are 
scattered  all  along  the  trail,  many  ahead  of  us,  many 
more  behind.  Hundreds  have  given  up  all  desire  for  the 
gold  of  the  Yukon  and  turned  tail.  There  has  been 
much  stealing  along  the  road.  Some  have  been  caught 
at  it.  These  have  been  tried  before  miners'  meetings, 
their  goods  taken  from  them  and  turned  back  on  the 
trail,  with  instructions  to  get  out  of  the  country  or  be 
hanged.  None  have  stopped  for  the  hanging,  but  if  the 
thieving  does  not  stop  some  thieves  will  surely  stretch 
hemp.    All  are  working  like  beavers. 

"Every  one  is  mad  with  the  desire  for  gold.  As  all 
must  wait  for  the  ice  to  break  we  will  reach  the  Klon- 
dyke  about  the  same  time.    TLctj  things  will  jump." 

In  a  letter  to  another  friend,  dated  Dawson  City, 
June  19th,  Mr.  Mizner  describes  the  remainder  of  his 
eventful  journey,  "  the  moving  accidents  by  flood  and 
field,"  his  impressions  of  the  camp  and  the  mad  rushes 
made  whenever  reports  come  in  of  new  strikes.  Inter- 
polated in  this  are  paragraphs  from  a  letter  written  by 
Mr.  Mizoer  from  Forty -Mile  to  a  member  of  his  family 
and  bearing  date  June  12th: 

"  When  I  last  wrote  we  were  at  I^ake  Bennett  preparing 
to  take  the  ice  as  far  as  it  would  carry  us,  and  then 
launch  our  boat.  The  trip  was  interesting,  but  very 
dangerous.  We  had  a  ple^^ant  sail  down  Lake  Bennett, 
Turkish  I^ake,  and  Marsh  I^ake,  and  down  the  Lewis  River 
to  the  Great  Canyon  between  Mud  Lake  and  Lake  le 
Borge.  The  first  mile  of  the  river  narrows  to  about  fifty 
yards,  and  the  water  rushes  over  immense  rocks.  Then 
It  dashes  into  a  box  canyon  only  about  sixty  feet  wide, 
with  walls  straight  up  and  down,  seventy-five  or  one 
hundred  feet  high.  Here  the  water  is  lashed  into  the 
wildest  disorder,  the  waves  rolling  ten  feet  high  and  the 
spray  and  foam  flying  in  every  direction.  We  went 
down  ahead  with  the  rest  to  look  at  the  grand  sight. 

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Nearly  every  one  packs  around  this  cannon,  letting  the 
empty  boat  go  through.  But  we  determined  this  would 
take  U8  too  long  and  be  too  hard  work. 

"  So  we  tacked  canvas  over  the  bow  of  the  boat  and 
stripped  down  to  fighting  weight,  minus  coats,  shirts, 
hats,  and  shoes.  The  crowd  took  to  the  banks  to  see 
how  it  waa  done.  With  Wilson  at  the  oars  to  steady  her, 
I  took  the  steering  paddle  and  we  made  for  the  gorge. 

"The  first  mile  we  rushed  along  with  a  rapid  swing 
and  dashed  into  the  box  canyon.  I  think  we  then  got 
going  about  a  thousand  miles  an  hour.  In  an  instant 
the  water  was  breaking  all  over  us — over  the  bow,  sides, 
and  stem.    The  waves  rolled  at  ^^ast  ten  feet  high." 


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"It  was  all  over  in  about  thirty  spcords.  We  were 
through  in  safety,  but  it  was  the  most  hair-raising  thirty 
seconds  I  ever  experienced.  There  was  quite  enough 
thrill  in  it  for  a  lifetime.  Over  the  terrifying  roar  of  the 
water  we  could  faintly  hear  the  cheer  put  up  by  the 
undecided  hundred  or  more  who  lined  the  cli£fs  above 
us.  Up  came  in  ice-cold  water  against  us  in  tubfuls. 
We  were  wet  through.  So  was  everything  else  in  the 
boat,  and  the  b«at  itself  half  full  of  water.  But  we  were 
soon  baled  and  dried — and  safe. 

' '  From  the  canyon  through  the  White  Horse  Rapids 
the  shore  was  strewn  with  wreckage,  and  lots  of  wrecked 
boats  were  hanging  on  the  sharp  rocks.  Many  men 
were  said  to  have  been  drowned,  but  with  such  a  crowd 
on  the  rush  it  was  impossible  to  gather  any  definite 
information. 

"  Shortly  after  leaving  Lake  le  Borge  we  came  upon 
a  party  who  had  just  rescued  two  young  fellows  from 
rocks  in  the  middle  of  the  rapids.  We  could  not  save 
any  of  their  outfit  or  their  demolished  boat,  and  all  they 
had  went  down  the  river  with  the  rushing  flood.  One 
of  the  young  men  had  had  everything  but  his  undershirt 
stripped  from  him  by  the  mad  swirl.  We  took  him  in 
charge  and  in  time  landed  him  at  Klondyke  in  safety. 
^  "  We  let  our  boat  through  the  White  Horpe  Rapids 
with  long  ropes.  Two  days  later  we  shot  the  Five 
Finger  Rapids  and  the  Rink  Rapids  M'ithout  any  trouble. 
It  was  quick  going,  but  we  passed  without  accident. 


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'*  The  latt  four  days  of  the  trip  we  fixed  up  our  stove 
in  the  boat  and  only  went  ashore  twice  for  wood.  The 
mosquitoes  on  the  shore  are  numbered  by  the  million, 
and  fierce  as  bull  terriers,  but  in  the  middle  of  the  river 
they  troubled  us  but  little. 

"  We  reached  Dawson  at  uhont  three  o'clock  in  the 
morr  ing  and  found  one  of  the  liveliest  mining  camps  I 
ever  saw.  There  are  about  4000  people  here,  and 
saloons,  dance  haUs,  and  restaurants  never  close.    The 

f  ambling  tables  are  always  crowded  and  thousands  of 
oUars  change  hands  in  a  remarkably  short  space  of 
time.  Men  who  this  time  last  year  did  not  have  a  dollar 
now  count  their  wealth  by  the  thousands.  Nearly  every- 
body has  a  sack  of  gold  dtist  with  him  as  big  as  a  police- 
man's club. 

"  The  sun  sinks  out  of  sight  now  about  10:30  p.  m.  , 
ard  comes  up  about  three  a.  "Vf.  At  midnight,  howe  er, 
it  is  almost  as  lij^ht  as  noonday.  There  is  no  nij  ht. 
At  Dawson  ther.*  is  a  little  sawmill,  and  rough  housius 
are  going  up  in  sll  directions,  but  for  the  most  part  it  m 
a  city  of  tents.  On  the  tjliore  of  the  river  arc.  hundreds 
of  boats,  and  others  a^'e  getting  iu  every  day." 


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•'The  Klondyke  has  not  been  one  particle  overrated. 
I  have  seen  gold  measured  cut  b^;  the  bucketfiiL  Just 
think  of  a  miiu  takiUjj  JSCO  out  of  one  pan  of  dirt.  Mrs. 
Wilson,  wife  of  the  Alaska  Commercial  Company's 
agent,  panned  $154  out  of  a  sipgie  pati  in  oue  of  the 
mines  I  am  to  take  charge  of,  rhis  is  without  doabt 
the  richest  goM  strike  the  world  ewer  has  knowa.  There 
are  hundreds  of  men  who  own  claims  valued  at  fiom 
^0,000  *c  ^«1,000,000.  With  all  the  new  men  in  the 
country  many  miles  of  new  ground  will  be  prospeciCvi, 
and  from  the  lay  of  the  land  I  ihink  other  gold  fields  are 
certain  to  be  located, 

"Of  course  every  particle  of  rich  ground  has  an 
owner,  so  the  newcomer  has  to  depe«d  on  new  strikeso 
Every  day  rumors  of  new  di3coveri«:i  reach  here,  which 
at  once  start  stampedes,  hundreds  nishiug  out  to  stak« 
claims.  This  rushing  out  is  awful  work .  You  have  to 
race  through  deep^  slushy  swatn pp.  and  fight  millions  of 
mosquitoes,  climbing  mountains  covered  with  ^;C)t1  motis 
And  thick  brush. 

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*'  It  is  very  hot  in  the  middle  of  the  day.  Yesterday 
the  thermometer  was  97  degrees,  and  on  top  of  it  came  a 
rumor  that  gold  had  been  found  on  a  creek  70  miles 
away.  So  at  night  the  Alaska  Commercial  Company's 
steamer  "Alice"  started  for  the  creek  loaded  to  the 

guards  with  men  and  small  boats.  My  duties  kept  me 
ere,  but  Wilson  went  out  with  the  rush  to  put  down  his 
stakes.  The  gold  is  here,  and  the  man  who  doesn't  get 
some  of  it  has  himself  to  blame." 

Mr.  Mirner  has  temporarily  relieved  Agent  Wilson  of 
the  Alaska  Commercial  Company,  and  is  working  some 
claims  on  percentage  while  waiting  for  an  opportunity 
to  stake  claims  of  his  own.  Wilson  Mizner  has  a  posi- 
tion which  pa3rs  him  jf20  a  day  "and  found."  Both  are 
determined  to  win  fortune,  and  their  prospects  are  bright. 


LIFE    AT   DAWSON. 
How  It  Is  Desoribed  by  a  Paper  at  Juneau. 

The  following  description  of  life  at  Dawson  was 
clipped  from  the  Alaska  Miners  published  in  Juneau, 
JiUy  10, 1897: 

"Dawson  is  not  building  as  rapidly  as  one  would 
think.  The  difficulty  is  in  obtaining  lumber.  The  poor- 
est kind  of  rough  lumber  sells  at  $130  a  thousand.  Slabs 
are  50  cents  each,  and  sawdust  10  cents  a  sack.  Harry 
Ash  moved  his  dancing  establishment  from  Circle  City 
to  Dawson.  He  has  plenty  of  wet  goods.  The  first  night 
he  opened  he  took  in  $2600. 

"  The  program  consists  of  dancing  and  drinking.  A 
miner  dances  with  one  of  the  fair  ones,  and  after  the 
dance  he  escorts  her  to  the  bar  and  buys  her  a  drink  and 
takes  one  himself.  For  this  luxury  he  pays  60  cents  a 
drink.  Miners  are  generous,  and  one  drink  with  them 
means  many  more,  so  that  money,  being  very  free,  flows 
freely.  It  is  said  of  McCormack,  the  discoverer  of  the 
Klondyke,  that  he  spends  $60  at  a  treat.  Being  quite  a 
conspicuous  character  he  attracts  attention,  and  as  he  is 
very  susceptible  to  flattery,  it  takes  very  little  to  induce 
him  to  buy  drinks  for  every  one  who  happens  to  be  in 
the  house  at  the  time." 

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HOW  TO  GO  AND  COME. 

Questions  which  interest  prospectors  particularly  are 
how  to  get  into  the  Klondyke  and  how  to  get  out  of  it 
again.  These  queries  are  answered  best  by  Thomas 
Cook,  who  has  mined  all  over  the  Pacific  C.iat.  He 
said:  gg|^ 

"  The  steamers  which  leave  for  St.  Michaels  Island 
now  will  enable  passengers  to  gc  right  up  the  river  and 
reach  the  Klondyke  just  before  the  winter  closes  in, 
unless  it  should  freeze  unusually  early.  Getting  in  by 
way  of  St.  Michaels  is  all  right  now,  but  once  in  the 
mining  district  there  will  be  no  getting  ovt  that  way 
before  the  spring.  It  is  1800  miles  from  the  Klondyk'i 
to  St.  Michaels;  atd  as  there  are  no  roadside  houses  it 
would  not  be  possible  for  a  man  to  pack  en  a  sled  suffi- 
cient for  himself,  his  guides  and  his  dogs.  The  dogs 
need  to  be  well  fed,  and  up  there  feed  costs  a  dollar  a 
pound. 

"The  only  way  into  and  out  of  the  Klondyke  in 
winter  is  by  way  of  Juneau,  over  the  sumiHit  and  across  the 
lakes,  a  distance  of  about  700  miles.  It  has  been  done  in 
less  than  a  month,  but  for  a  tenderfoot  it  is  well  lo  count 
upon  one  mopth  at  least.  The  wisest  thing  to  do  is  to 
imitate  the  Indians  in  dress  and  habits.  They  know 
how  to  live  and  stand  the  cold.  It  is  useless  to  wear 
leather  o  gum  boots.  Good  moccasins  are  proper  snow 
shoes  an «  absolutely  necessary.  I  have  made  the  trip 
myself,  and  I  would  not  go  without  a  good  guide  and 
strong,  healthy  dogs,  with  plenty  of  feed  for  them. 

"The  only  dangerous  point  is  the  crossing  of  the 
summit.  When  I  went  over  the  moon  was  shining  and 
there  was  not  a  breath  of  air,  but  sometimes  the  winds 
are  dreadful,  and  it  is  as  much  as  a  man's  life  is  worth 
to  try  to  cross.  I  never  heard  of  a  man  losing  his  life 
there,  but  I  have  '  lown  them  to  lie  in  their  blankets 
under  the  snow  tr  j  i  ug  to  keep  warm,  and  have  their  feet 
badly  frost  bitten.  Sometimes  those  who  want  to  cross 
the  summit  have  to  wait  so  long  for  fair  weatlt'^r  that 
they  run  out  oi  provisions  and  must  turn  back,  but 
when  the  ice  first  sets,  early  in  the  spring,  it  is  usually 
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does  not  take  more  than  a  few  hours  to  cross,  it  is  easy 
going  either  way. 

"All  the  rest  of  the  journey  is  pleasant  enough. 
From  the  Klondyke  to  Lake  Linderman  is  all  down  hill, 
and  the  colder  it  is  the  better  the  traveling,  because  the 
snow  is  not  more  than  eighteen  inches  to  two  feet 
deep,  and  is  as  li^ht  as  feathers;  furthermore,  when 
it's  very  cold  there  is  no  wind,  and  it  is  the  wind  wbi;:|;L 
is  hard  to  bear. 

"  Indian  guides  are  necessary  to  eo  ahead  of  the  dogs 
and  to  prepare  the  camp  for  the  night. '^ 


WHY  THEY  RETURNED. 

As  the  first  flush  of  excitement  over  the  arrival  of  the 
lucky  Klondyke  miners  subsides,  peop^le  are  beginning 
to  ask  why  so  many  deserted  a  field  which  was  paying  so 
well,  and  why  many  of  them  evince  no  desire  to  return 
at  once  to  Dawson.  The  unanimity  of  purpose  which 
prompted  the  miners  to  join  together  has  caused  some 
people  to  be  skeptical  and  to  ask  if  this  is  another  Cook's 
Inlet  scheme  to  induce  a  large  volume  of  travel  to  the 
North,  only  to  throw  the  travelers  on  their  own  resources 
in  the  matter  of  getting  home  ai^aiu. 

To  solve  some  of  these  questions  a  number  of  miners 
were  interviewed  at  the  Russ  House  and  the  answers  they 
give  are  appa.  ently  satisfactory.  The  men  who  have 
arrived  in  San  Francisco  and  in  Seattle  represent  a 
comparatively  small  proportion  of  the  -population  of  the 
new  town  of  Dawson  and  of  the  Klondyke  workers. 

Con  Stamatiu,  one  of  the  men  who  has  made  all  the 
money  he  says  he  cares  to  possess,  and  has  no  thought 
of  returning  to  the  mines,  stated  that  when  he  left  Klon- 
dyke, Dawson  City  had  a  population  of  1500,  and  the 
first  boats  to  reach  there  when  the  ice  broke  up  began  to 
add  to  the  dwellers  in  the  mining  town. 

"  How  is  it  that  you  came  down  at  this  time  of  the 
year  instead  of  working  all  through  summer  when  the 
days  are  long  in  the  Northwest  Territory  ?  "  Mr.  Stam- 
atiu was  asked. 

"  I  worked  on  a  '  lay '  and  as  soon  as  the  sluicing  was 
through  there  was  nothing  to  keep  me  there/'  he  said. 

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"|I  got  my  share  and  that  was  all  I  had  to  wait  for.  I 
went  to  the  man  who  owned  the  claim  and  asked  him  to 
give  me  a  '  lay '  and  he  said  he  would  for  half  of  the 
waste.  Then  my  partner  and  I  went  to  wprk  while  the 
owner  worked  for  himse  f  on  another  part  of  the  claim. 
I  began  work  forty  days  before  the  water  came,  and  my 
partner  and  I  sluiced  all  the  dirt  in  oitr  dump  in  five 
days'  time.  There  was  $33,500  in  the  sluice  boxes  when 
we  got  through.  The  owner  of  the  claim  took  $16,750 
and  my  partner  and  I  got  $8,375  each.  The  man  that 
owns  the  claim  has  got  it  still  and  we  have  no  further 
interest  in  it." 

"  How  many  of  the  men  who  came  down  failed  to  get 
anything?" 

*  <  None.  All  that  came  down  made  money.  Some  of 
them  only  got  a  few  hundred  dollars.  Others  made  a 
great  deal." 

*'  How  does  it  happen  that  you  all  came  down  to- 
gether?" 

"  Those  of  us  who  had  made  money  on  a  'lay'  wanted 
to  get  the  coin,  and  those  who  had  claims  left  their 
partners  there  and  came  down  with  their  gold  to  bank  it. 
Some  of  us  were  poor  men  and  did  not  want  so  much 
and  when  we  ^ot  enough  we  were  glad  to  leave.  I  came 
down  to  St.  Michaels  on  the  steamer  'Bella.'  She  and  the 
'Alice' came  to  Dawson  as  soon  as  the  ice  was  broken. 
They  were  the  two  steamers  which  made  the  first  trip 
down  to  St.  Michaels.  When  we  got  there  the  'Excelsior* 
and  the  'Portland'  were  waiting.  Those  who  wanted  to 
come  to  San  Francisco  took  the 'Excelsior'  which  left  on  a 
Wednesday,  and  the  others  who  were  going  to  Seattle  took 
the  *  Portland.'  There  is  another  thing,  too.  Some  of  us 
preferred  to  bring  down  our  own  gold.  The  Alaska  Com- 
mercial Company  wanted  the  men  to  insure  their  pile, 
but  I  don't  think  any  of  them  did.  They  stowed  it  in 
their  staterooms  and  kept  an  eye  on  it. " 

"How  is  it  that  the  news  of  the  big  strike  did  not 
reach  here  before  now  ?  " 

"  The  first  strike  in  the  Klondyke  was  made  toward 
the  end  of  August.  I  don't  remember  the  man's  name, 
but  he  came  down  to  Forty-Mile  to  register  his  claim, 
and  we  heard  that  he  had  taken  out  about  $1200.  A 
number  of  miners  and  prospectors  went  up  from  Forty- 


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JOHN  TWIGG  &  SONS 


BOAT  BUILDERS  and 
SHIPWRIGHTS 


HIGH    SPEED    STEAM  AND   VAPOR 
LAUNCHES  A  SPECIALTY 


Malii  Shop  and  Yards 
Illinois,  near  5olano  Street,  5an  Francisco 


ST£AM    AND    VAPOB    STERN    WHEEL 

BOATS   FOR   MINING   AND 

FISHING   WORK 


Dories,    Fishing,    Whitehall,    Hunting,    Whaling   and 

High-Class  Commercial  and  Pleasure  Boats 

of  all  descriptions  made  to  order 

and  constantly  on  hand. 


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Mile  to  Dawson,  and  before  they  got  there  ererything 
was  frozen  tight.  The  men  just  staked  their  claims  on 
luck,  as  yon  might  say .  They  went  to  work  digging  and 
piling  up  the  dumps  all  winter,  and  did  not  know  what 
they  had  until  May,  when  the  water  begun  to  run.  The 
longest  time  it  takes  to  sluice  the  dump  is  about  two 
weeks,  and  then  they  all  knew  what  they  had.  Some 
were  anxious  to  get  down  and  cash  in." 

•'  Are  many  of  the  party  who  worked  all  winter  still 
on  the  Klondyke?  '* 

"Plenty  of  them  stayed  right  there." 

"  What  do  they  do  in  the  summer  ?  " 

"All  summer,  after  the  sluicing,  the^  do  ground 
washing,  just  as  miners  do  in  the  placers  in  California. 
You  can  work  all  year  on  the  Klondyke,  but  you  can 
only  wash  when  the  water  is  running." 


REVENUES  AND  TRAFFIC. 

Ottawa,  Juljjr  28th.— At  the  meeting  of  the  Min- 
isters last  evemng,  Minister  Patterson  was  authorized 
to  send  two  more  customs  officers  to  the  Alaskan 
boundary  by  the  "Islander,"  which  sails  for  the 
North  to*morrow.  The  officers  will  be  taken  from 
the  Victoria  custom  house  and  will  be  accompanied 
by  a  couple  of  provincial  police.  They  will  open  stations 
as  outports  of  Victoria  beyond  the  head  of  the  lyynn 
Canal,  which  is  in  disputed  territory  and  at  present  in 
the  possession  of  the  United  States,  and  at  Lake  Tagish. 
There  is  a  collector  at  Fort  Cudahy,  only  fifty  miles  from 
Dawson  City,  and  these  arrangements,  backed  by  a 
strong  force  of  police,  are  considered  ample  for  the 
protection  of  revenue  just  now. 

The  greatest  question  of  all  is  one  of  communication. 
It  is  reported  that  a  pack  trail  exists  covering  twenty  of 
the  eighty  miles  which  separates  the  Klondyke  from  the 
first  post  to  be  established  at  sixty  degrees  of  latitude  in 
t\ndisputed  British  territory.  If  so,  a  narrow  gauge 
railway  cttn  be  built  where  there  is  a  pack  trail.  The 
cost  would  not  be  great,  and  if  cars  could  be  hauled 
twice  a  day  over  the  mountains  facing  the  coast  a  tre- 
mendous obstacle  would  be  overcome,  because  in  winter 
it  is  impossible  to  cross  t^  mountains  except  at  the  risk 

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Oh  I  *"'**  Klondyke! 

Remember  you  must  have  Snow  Glasses  or 
3«)u  go  blind.  No  one  can  get  along  with- 
out them.  Do  you  know  where  to  go  for 
your  Snow  Glasses  ?    Go  to  the 

•     Standard  Optical  Company 

217  KeariKr  Street 

Now  you  have  your  Glasses:,  you  must  have 
a  Compass.  Well,  the  Standard  Optical  Co, 
carry  the  most  varied  assortment  of  Com- 
passes, Snow  Glasses  and  all  kinds  of  Optical 
Appliances.  We  must  repeat  the  number  for 
you — 217  Kearny  St,  San  Francisco,  Cat, 


of  life,  and  to  be  caught  in  a  storm  would  be  fatal. 
The  mounted  police  force  will  be  increased  from  twenty 
to  one  hundred.  Thomas  Pawcett  will  be  continued  at 
gold  commissioner,  and  the  regulations  already  adopted 
amended. 

A  strong  customs  and  police  post  will  be  estab- 
lished just  north  of  the  British  Columbia  aoundary 
beyond  the  head  of  the  Lynn  Canal  at  sixty  degrees 
of  latitude.  Estimates  will  also  be  obtained  of  the  cost 
of  building  a  wagon  road  and  of  a  narrow  gauge  rail  - 
road  to  this  post  in  the  mountains,  a  distance  of  seventy 
or  eighty  miles,  about  forty  of  which  is  over  mountains. 
This  post,  which  will  be  where  the  Chilcoot  aud  White 
Passes  converge,  can  command  the  southern  entrances 
to  the  whole  territory.  Mounted  police  pos^«  will  be 
established  here  at  distances  of  fifty  milec  &pt>rt  up  f:o 
Port  Selkirk.  These  will  be  ii9ed  to  open  a  \.'  a^er  road 
over  which  monthly  mails  will  be  sent  by  dog  trains. 

If  possible  a  telegraph  line  will  be  constructed  over 
the  mountains  from  the  head  of  I^ynn  Car  il  to  the  first 
post.  The  consent  of  the  authorities  of  the  SJnitfcd  States 
will  be  asked  in  diplomatic  correspondence  to  a  modus 
Vivendi^  under  which  Canada  will  have  the  right  of  way 
over  the  disputed  territory  from  Ivynn  Canal  to  the  first 
mounted  police  post.  No  difficulty  is  anticipated  in 
securing  the  right  of  way  through  this  little  piece  of 
disputed  territory  the  roads  and  telegraph  would  have 
to  cross  to  reach  the  head  of  I^ynn  Canal,  although  that 
territory  is  now  in  the  possession  of  the  United  States. 


John  Twigg  &  Son  have,  in  course  of  construction, 
several  light  draft  boats  for  the  Yukon  country.  They 
make  a  specialty  of  river  boats.  ^ 

DOMINION  LAWS. 


Notwithstanding  the  announcement  from  Atlanta  that 
the  Dominion  Cabinet  has  decided  to  impose  a  royalty 
upon  the  precious  metals  unearthed  in  the  Klondyke  re- 
gion, the  following  dispatch  has  been  received  under  a 
Vancouver  (B.  C.)  date  of  Julj  27th: 

Hon.  Clifford  Sifton,  Dominion  Minister  of  the  Inte- 
rior, has  wired  here  that  it  is  not  the  intention  of  the 

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STOCK  IN  THE 


••••Continental 
Building  and  Loan  Association 

OP  CALIFORNIA. 

tSTABLISHCD  IN    1889 

THE  ONLY  CALIFORNIA  COMPANY 

WITH  AN  ABSOLUTE  TRUST  AGREEMENT 

Subscribed  Capital $5,500,000.00 

Paid-in  Capital 560.000.00 

Profit  and  Reserve  Fund 70.000.00 

Monthly  Income  Over 30,000.00 

BIFOBT  or  BVSIKZSS  FOB  T2E  FIBST  SIZ  MOVTBB  OF  1897. 

I/)ans  for  the  first  six  months 209 

Amount  loaned |  210.000.00 

Shares  issued  (installment) 15,768 

Coupon  certificates  of  deposit  issued 887 

DIVISB1TD3  SBCLABED  FOB  7SAB  ZlTSIlTff  JVITI  30,  1897. 

Ordinary  deposits 6  per  cent 

Term  deposits  (coupon  certificates  of  deposit) 7  per  cent 

Installment  stock 12  per  cent 

Note.— Class  *'B"  Investment  has  been  Trithdrawn  from  the 
market  and  will  not  in  future  be  issued. 

106  New  Homes  Built  for  the  Members 
for  year  ending  June  30, 1897. 

HOME  OFFICE  ' 

222  SANSOME  STREET 

8AN  FRANCISCO 

DR.  E.  E.  HII^L,  Pres.     CAPT.  OLIVER  ELDRIDGK,  Vlce.Pre«. 
WM.  CORBIN,  Secretary  and  General  Manager. 


Dominion  Government  to  zafeke  the  mining  lawa  of  BHt- 
iah  Columbia  applicable  to  tbe  Yukots.  Spec'ml  regula- 
tioHB  ftpplyiag  to  that  district,  whilfch  hav®  D«es3  c«srefally 
ttsvhta  by  Surveyor  Ogilville,  will  be  administered  by 
the  staff  on  the  ground.  Miners  will  have  to  deal  with 
the  Dominion  oJSiciais  stationed  on  the  Yukon. 

THE  WHITE   PASS  inMl, 

The  AlBsksL8mtMigk^puh\iB'!a^.B  a  letter  from  William 
Moore,  at  Fomteen-Mile  Camp,  W£.iigw&^  Alaska,  stating 
that  the  White  Pass  trail  to  the  s'aminit  was  opened  for 
travel  July  l<3th.  On  reaching  the  summit  the  traveler 
8.tep»  upon  an  ahraost  level  cotintryj  the  grade  to  the 
lakefl  being  20  feet  to  the  mile.  The  distance  from  salt 
water  to  the  Too~C.hi  I,ttk«  m  SO  miles,  and  from  aalt  water 
to  the  head  of  .Lake  Bennett  the  distance  is  35  miles.. 
.Both,  loutea  firom  the  suJUAmit  are  through,  a  rolling  con?) 
try,  .for  the  most  part  open,  with  plenty  of  grass  for  ft.eA- 
Ing  stock,  wiiter  and  stslFicient.  timber  for  ail  parposes. 
From  salt  water  to  the  anmmit  stock,  and  pack  horses 
cjaa  be  driven,  througtH  easily. 

DOM'T  FORCET  THIS- 

Every  adventurer  equipping  himself  for  the  icy 
rt^'iono  of  t.b,e  gt^ldeii  Klondyke  should  bear  in  mind  that 
a  drag'  Btore  cannot  b**  found  on  every  corner  at  Dawsori 
City.  He  therefore  m;ast  be  hw.  own  physician,  and  to 
doctor  o.iiewlf  one  must  have  medidnes.. 

Hence  a  most  essential  part  of  the  gold  aeeker''s  outfit 
h»  a  meiiiicin?»  chest.  It  is  advisi^ible  to  take  the  Homceo- 
pftthie  ■medicines  as  they  are  absolutely  impervious  to 
altmospheric  of)eration6,  S«ch  a  medical  outftt  as 
BcMKricke  &  Runyon  of  23.1  Sutter  Street  make  a 
fflpecialty  of  ia  the  very  best  that  can  l^e  taken, 

Mr.  Geo.  W,  Knew/is,  the  boatbailder,  has  distinguished 
Ihimself  by  tise  rjbsb5,!itj.al  and  |>eriiect  v/oikmanship  dis- 
pla;ji-ed  in  the  beautiful  boafe-s  he  has  built  for  the  Life 
Saving  SerTAce,  Tltey  are  a  lasting  testimonial  to  the 
thoro'-ighnesK  of  his  equipment  and  genius  for  boat- 
buildixAg, 


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Smmih  m  OIL 

Fare  m  KUMjk©  mu. 

WciMderfBl  Mcdieiiiai  Qualities 


In  the  AjTctic,  froaseu  region. 

Where  t&e  polar  bear  is  king, 
There  is  lack  of  food  aad  clothing, 

But  a  joy  doth  one  thing  bring. 
'Tis  a  brand  of  famous  liquor 

Which  is  known  the  wid®  world  o'er; 
Miners  stake  their  pile  upon  it— 

The  ever  popular  Seme  Moore. 


AI,2.  0¥£ll  THE  WOHXiB 


JESSE  MOIiBE,  HUNT  CO., 

MANUFAOTURIfia 

iOUiSVfLLi:,  HY.  SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


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